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Good morning.
Let me start from the beginning; I'm a complete Linux noob. I dug out an old system I built for the kids back in 2007 running Wndows XP that had been unused for years. I decided to do something with it last week rather than scrap it. Having discovered the MS have stopped all support for XP and Vista both of which I have genuine copies of I decided to look at Ubuntu.
I installed Ubuntu 14.4 64 bit and had a bit of a play but this morning I have messed something up and I'm about to do a full reinstall but before I do I want a more informed approach based on the spec of the machine I'm using which is here:
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe motherboard BIOS v0701
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.5 GHz @2.76
4Gb Elixir PC-3200 DDR 400
300Gb SATA HD.
It was originally fitted with an ATi Radeon 2900XT but I then fitted a Radeon AX4870 1Gb but couldn't find drivers for it. I also have an old Radeon X1900XT.
So I have three choices of graphics card to fit in the machine so I'd like some advice on which would be the most compatible.
I know this is a really low spec machine by current standards and it's not intended to replace my current system which I know is also getting long in the tooth but it's sufficient for my needs at the moment. This is a project and my way of discovering the refreshing change Ubuntu offers.
Thank you.
Let me start from the beginning; I'm a complete Linux noob. I dug out an old system I built for the kids back in 2007 running Wndows XP that had been unused for years. I decided to do something with it last week rather than scrap it. Having discovered the MS have stopped all support for XP and Vista both of which I have genuine copies of I decided to look at Ubuntu.
I installed Ubuntu 14.4 64 bit and had a bit of a play but this morning I have messed something up and I'm about to do a full reinstall but before I do I want a more informed approach based on the spec of the machine I'm using which is here:
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe motherboard BIOS v0701
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.5 GHz @2.76
4Gb Elixir PC-3200 DDR 400
300Gb SATA HD.
It was originally fitted with an ATi Radeon 2900XT but I then fitted a Radeon AX4870 1Gb but couldn't find drivers for it. I also have an old Radeon X1900XT.
So I have three choices of graphics card to fit in the machine so I'd like some advice on which would be the most compatible.
I know this is a really low spec machine by current standards and it's not intended to replace my current system which I know is also getting long in the tooth but it's sufficient for my needs at the moment. This is a project and my way of discovering the refreshing change Ubuntu offers.
Thank you.
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