I have a PC that I got from someone else who built their PC and it is finally starting to show its age. Sometimes when I open applications, the frame rate drops.

I think it is using one of these currently, from 2014. https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/900-series/

I know that gfx cards have to be compatible with your Power Supply, and your PCI-E slot, but not sure what else I should know??

I would like to get something very compatible with Linux, Firefox, and Wayland, with lots of hardware codecs. Intel ARC?

How do you learn all this stuff?

  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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    1 day ago

    The drive is very full and old, so upgrading storage has got to be a priority.

    Not sure how to measure thermals, but I will look for a way. There should be a CPU temp sensor at least.

    I can test the ram with memtest86 which is already installed and post the results.

    I don’t think it is Windows Update ;)