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HD7000 series and Ubuntu 13.04 or 13.10 - anyone run this? Need a quick answer!

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Does anyone here run Ubuntu 13.04 or 13.10 on a computer with an HD7000 series card?? I have a mate who needs to update from an old card,and an HD7850 2GB is offer for only £90 at OcUK,which makes it £20 to £30 cheaper than the equivalent GTX650TI 2GB Boost. He does not game under Linux,just uses it to run some work packages,and web browse and use youtube/VLC/XBMC. Hence,gaming performance under Linux is not a consideration at all. Will it work fine for these basic functions??
 
Does he dual boot into Windows for gaming?

If so, then that card should be fine. BUT, NVidia's Linux support is infinitely better than AMD's at the moment. I'm hoping this will change with the advent of SteamOS/Mantle/3.12 kernel+new AMD drivers.

If not, and it's pure Linux then I'd just get a cheaper Nvidia card and be done with it if there's no gaming.
 
A £30 card will be fine for desktop stuff and video playback. Nvidia is the better choice currently due to driver support.
 
If the card's to be used for gaming in Windows then the 7850 - the poorer support in Linux is likely to change over the next couple of months. It's currently 'ok' rather than good.
 
teppic said:
A £30 card will be fine for desktop stuff and video playback. Nvidia is the better choice currently due to driver support.
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He needs a card that can run games too,but under Windows as he has Win8. Its just that he needs to run some packages which are Linux only(CPU only stuff though).

Edit!!

Just saw your second reply. Thanks again.
 
It'll do for what he needs then. :)

As teppic says, things should start improving not only on the driver front but games availability too. Never know, he might make the full switch soon as a result. That's my plan!
 
Yeah the 7850 is perfectly fine for desktop stuff in Linux, it's fully stable and you can watch videos and so on. It's just in 3D gaming it's currently abysmal (a GTX 760 can match a 290x!).
 
The HD7850 2GB deal was too good to pass up,so the card has been now bought.

I think going from an HD4830 512MB to an HD7850 2GB will be a big upgrade too!!:)
 
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