Do i need to buy graphic card?

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rene
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Re: Do i need to buy graphic card?

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gittiest personITW wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:13 pm In fact, the bigger the useage, the more likely we are to see hardware manufacturers taking MORE of an interest in non-MS systems.
I say no since these new "gamer" users won't stay with Linux but will loudly proclaim your mentioned 140 FPS to be an utter disgrace as compared to Windows' far superior 141 and will go back never to look at "that Linux crap" again.
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Re: Do i need to buy graphic card?

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rene wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:55 pm
gittiest personITW wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:13 pm In fact, the bigger the useage, the more likely we are to see hardware manufacturers taking MORE of an interest in non-MS systems.
I say no since these new "gamer" users won't stay with Linux but will loudly proclaim your mentioned 140 FPS to be an utter disgrace as compared to Windows' far superior 141 and will go back never to look at "that Linux crap" again.
Yeah - I can see that also is a possible outcome...... Maybe recommend Arch to them?
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Re: Do i need to buy graphic card?

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Definitely. Or Windows...
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Re: Do i need to buy graphic card?

Post by kevin987 »

Alice, you are taking on too many issues at one time.

Just concentrate first on burning the Linux Mint iso to a USB flash drive so you can test it before installing.

Rufus is a good program to use with Windows to make the image bootable (the iso file).

I would go with Cinnamon for the desktop.
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