[LAU] Video card for audio (silent, low latency etc)

[Paul Davis]

all open source drivers, the GT one is driving the monitors

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:25 AM Ben Bell <bjb at crazydogs.org> wrote:

> Thanks Paul, that's helpful. Any idea which one is driving the monitors
> rather than the TV? And do you use the Open Source drivers or are the
> proprietary ones low latency friendly these days?
>
> bjb
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 10:00:23AM -0600, Paul Davis wrote:
> > bah, i left in the line "they are both radeon based", which is not true.
> >
> > also, proviso: i am not 100% sure that the one driving the "TV" Is
> actually
> > achieving 4K resolution, which means that my info may be useless for you.
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 9:59 AM Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 3:44 AM Ben Bell <
> bjb-linux-audio-user at deus.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Apologies for this being only tangentially on-topic, but has anyone
> got a
> > >> recommendation for a decent video card for driving a 4K monitor under
> > >> Linux?
> > >>
> > >
> > > I have 2 video cards installed, both selected on the basis of their
> > > passive cooling. They are both Radeon based
> > >
> > > GK208 [GeForce GT 710B]
> > > Caicos PRO [Radeon HD 7450]
> > >
> > > 1 of them run two non-4k monitors, the other runs a 4k "TV" screen.
> > >
> > > Setting up 3 monitors on Linux is tricky, but the basic set up with
> just
> > > one of either of them was completely painless and I've been happy with
> > > results both in terms of noise (none!) and performance.
> > >
> > > <https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user>
> > >>
> > >
>
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