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   red floyd to pinnerite   
   Re: [OT] New desktop   
   29 Oct 23 16:20:05   
   
   XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alkt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: no.spam.here@its.invalid   
      
   On 10/29/2023 3:49 PM, pinnerite wrote:   
   > On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 21:54:31 GMT   
   > anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) wrote:   
   >   
   >> pinnerite  writes:   
   >>> Thanks for the data. I fancy the 5700G but I need to control two   
   >>> screens. I used the onboard graphics of the Phenom II until I found   
   >>> that any action on one screen would affect whatever was happening on   
   >>> the other.   
   >>>   
   >>> To overcome that I disabled the onboard graphics and employed two   
   >>> identical Radeon HD 4350 graphics cards.   
   >>>   
   >>> That worked reasonably well for 16 years ago but I am hoping for an   
   >>> improvement. Will the 5700G's graphics serve two independent screens?   
   >>   
   >> You have to buy a motherboard that supports the graphics connectors   
   >> you are interested in, and there are some limitations (see   
   >> ),   
   >> but two 4K displays at 60Hz are possible (according to the web site   
   >> above).   
   >>   
   >> - anton   
   >   
   > I am now thinking 2 x RX550 as my two identical HP screens are driven   
   > by HDMI leads. That said, I wonder if I can find a CPU without on-board   
   > graphics?   
   >   
      
   Just don't get the G series.  Eg.  5600 vs 5600G.   
      
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