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Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?



On 2021-03-07 at 16:24, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 07, 2021 at 04:06:07PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> On 2021-03-07 at 15:59, deloptes wrote:

>>> what has the graphic card to do with UEFI?
>> 
>> If you're not using an add-in graphics card, but are relying on 
>> integrated graphics, then the available graphics will depend on
>> what you can get built in to the motherboard.
> 
> If you _are_ using add in graphics, then you'll find that the latest
> cards effectively tie into UEFI. You may possibly find that
> attempting to use legacy/MBR may cause some problems.

I should have thought of that, actually. I'm in a bind at the moment
because of it; I have one of the last generation of pre-UEFI
motherboards, and a brand-new recent-generation GPU that won't POST on
that motherboard, and there's apparently a known issue in which that GPU
chipset (and newer) is not compatible with BIOSes.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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