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Not really. I added a cheap $29 nVidia 8400GS PCI card to my aging P4 3Ghz setup a couple months ago and it runs my 22" and 17" monitors with ease in Ubuntu Ja
by stuff4ben 17y ago
Not really. I added a cheap $29 nVidia 8400GS PCI card to my aging P4 3Ghz setup a couple months ago and it runs my 22" and 17" monitors with ease in Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04). I think if you stick with nVidia graphics cards it makes it a lot easier. All I had to do was install the drivers and run the nVidia X Server Settings applet.
- shimon 17y agoJust as a quick counterpoint, I'm using an ATI card for dual monitors on my desktop, and have an nvidia card in my laptop. I find Ubuntu's monitor settings app easier to use than nvidia-settings (though both get the job done) and the ATI drivers more stable. The ubuntu configuration app has evolved significantly in the past two years; connecting multiple monitors on ubuntu is now about as easy as doing the same on Windows.
- daok 17y agoI have to admit that I have a single ATI 4850 and it was a real pain. Once it was setup and working, I than had some black screen and losing all possibilities to change anything because the console was to the black screen.... anyways it wasn't that simple because on some other OS you simply need to go in the Screen configuration and that's it. In Ubuntu the Screen configuration had only 1 of my 2 screens. So... I guess it's not up to the simplest it can be.