graphics card windows linux compatibility

[jackgreen]

Hi folks,

apologies if the questions seem odd, I'm rather new to Linux and have not update my general computer knowledge for years.

I'm still running mostly under Windows XP and plan to keep that for as long as I can keep it working for a number of reasons. Part of it is that I run some things that do not exist in Linux so I have to keep something under the dreaded Windows and I want to keep XP because it's the least bad one for me.

I run a slightly aging but at the time high spec motherboard that in itself is plenty for what I do. My hi res monitor is still ok but old and my graphics card is definitely dying so I'm going to upgrade both to today's high res standards. My primary use is high res photo editing so pixel numbers are all important whilst (refresh) speed, fps and the likes are only of minor interest.

Q1. Are there any issues at all possible for certain monitors/cards when I frequently switch between Windows and Linux? I want to avoid buying something where I need to switch drivers when going from one mode to the other for example.

Q2. A lot of graphics cards give 2 resolution specs e.g.

Hi folks,

apologies if the questions seem odd, I'm rather new to Linux and have not update my general computer knowledge for years.

I'm still running mostly under Windows XP and plan to keep that for as long as I can keep it working for a number of reasons. Part of it is that I run some things that do not exist in Linux so I have to keep something under the dreaded Windows and I want to keep XP because it's the least bad one for me.

I run a slightly aging but at the time high spec motherboard that in itself is plenty for what I do. My hi res monitor is still ok but old and my graphics card is definitely dying so I'm going to upgrade both to today's high res standards. My primary use is high res photo editing so pixel numbers are all important whilst (refresh) speed, fps and the likes are only of minor interest.

Q1. Are there any issues at all possible for certain monitors/cards when I frequently switch between Windows and Linux? I want to avoid buying something where I need to switch drivers when going from one mode to the other for example.

Q2. A lot of graphics cards give 2 resolution specs e.g. the geforce 740 gives:

 

Maximum digital resolution as both 2560x1600 and 4096x2160

whilst quoting also

maximum vga resulution as 2048x1536.

 

In this case Google was not my friend as an hour later I was still no wiser on what spec is important to me, let alone figuring out what type/level/version I should get.

 

The motherboard is Republic of Gamers Striker ii. I don't have the spec of the power supply at hand but it was of ample size to support whatever I wanted to hook up on it and if worst comes to the worst, I'll get an upgrade for it if the best card for me is really power hungry.

 

The priorities in the upgrade are:

motherboard stays what it is, the end,

monitor ideally 24-25 inch and only 27-28 if the high res screen I choose isn't available in 24,

the card must be able to pull the 4096 easily i.e. max res one step up or maybe even two but absolutely no interest in speed,

the card needs to work fully under Windows and Linux without having to adjust anything when switching from one to the other.

 

Hope that's enough info to give me some hints about what to look for and what to stay far away from.

 

Many thanks for your time.

 

 

[MEC-777]

Can you please list your current full system specs? (CPU, mobo, ram, PSU make/model, etc... )

 

And I'm sorry, but I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Are you asking what would be a good GPU upgrade for your current system? To answer that, we'd need to know your system specs and budget for how much you'd prefer to spend. 

 

Also, not sure if you were aware, but you can run Linux as your main/host OS and run Windows XP in a VM (with PCIe passthrough if need be) for your windows only applications.