Bug#851416: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: CPU cores hang (BUG: soft lockup) until system becomes unusable with Nouveau driver

[Ethan Blanton <elb@kb8ojh.net>]

Sven Joachim wrote:
> Probably the former.  You could try to disable acceleration (e.g. boot
> with nouveau.noaccel=1), but the recommended way is to replace the card
> if you want to use free drivers[1].  A Radeon R5 230 should give you
> about the same performance (or lack thereof) for the same price as the
> GT 710.

I believe I am going to replace the card, although the replacement I
was looking at is a Radeon 5450.  Opinions?  I know nothing about
video cards, and don't use this machine for any gaming/rendering/etc.

Ethan