On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:57:05 Craig said,
before spending money on a new card, try the catalyst driver. it's as simple as 'apt-get install fglrx-driver' (for sid & testing, fglrx-glx for stable) and if it works, will save you hundreds of dollars.
Was not quite that simple ;-) I am using Debian 8.x, it requires the first command. I installed fglrx using 'apt-get install fglrx-driver' On my own default kernel (3.16.7) kernel locked solid when I tried to start X. System would not boot on Debian's standard installed kernel, would start Ok on my own previous kernel 3.15.9, but there was no fglrx kernel driver present. Installed fglrx-modules-dkms, modules built Ok. Xserver starts Ok, both 3D and 2D performance appears to be excellent. Will need further testing to see if lockups are now gone.
the 560 has been great - they were exceptionally good value for money at the time, so good that it hasn't been worth upgrading them. but i bought
Yes, I had one.
a 2560x1440 monitor a few months ago, and it's struggling in some games at full resolution. will probably have to get a gtx-970 eventually.
I have been using 2560x1600 monitors now for some time, OpenRails an open source (for windows) MSTS compatible train sim is simply awesome at 2560x1600. The Radeon 7870 or an Nvidia GTX 680 both drive the 2560x1600 OK, you will end up with a good setup. Lindsay