Compatibility with my hardware

English Hardware
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Hello,
I’m new user to Ubuntu, and I found some problems with the compatibility of my graphic Card.
I’m thinking about moving to OpenSUSE, but I want to be sure that I will not have any compatibility problem.

Can anybody tell me if this will be compatible ?

My PC:
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3000+
(L1 Cache 128KiB; L2 Cache 512KiB)
Graphic Card: AGP Ati Radeon HD 4650 (XFX)
RAM: 2GiB

Will openSuse run fine ? :slight_smile:

Thanks!

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Have you tried the live CD. That’s one of the best ways to get the feel of things.

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Ok, if there’s no other way I’ll download de Live CD and check if things run well :slight_smile:

Thanks for your help :slight_smile:

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You could check thru here
Hardware - openSUSE

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No available info in that link, but it’s what I was looking for :stuck_out_tongue:

Only one more question. If I download the live CD and when I try it, my graphic card is well recognised and working completely it would mean that it’s compatible and I won’t have any problem… ¿right?

Thanks! (And I’m sorry for my english, I’m spanish)

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It means it works on the open source drivers. If you want full 3D support you need the drivers provided by ATI. If you don’t see/have any problem at all, leave it like this.
If it works, don’t touch it.

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I can’t really say how your ATI graphics will work. I don’t know much about ATI. I hope someone else maybe has the same card as you and replies.
This is a bit more info:
openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users - openSUSE Forums

But if you had problems with Ubuntu. Expect them generally.

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You must be an engineer. That’s a much-beloved principle that we have, namely, “if it works, don’t fix it.” :slight_smile:

Our team has an even better saying: “once you get it working, back away slowly and quietly turn the lights out. Leave it alone.” rotfl!

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Thank you everybody :slight_smile:

I’m now, (how I said) in ubuntu, and I can get my Ati working with the open source drivers. By the way I feel the system very “slowly” and laggy when using the graphic card more than usual (watching a movie in full screen mode, or when I set a screensaver,…).
I tryed with the privative drivers, but the thing gets worse! :S I start getting problems while surfing webpages (is like scrolling was veeery slow and it freezes for a while, and the movies and screensavers can’t even be watched… it becomes impossible)

(Another time I tell you sorry about my english :$)

So, there’s any possibilitie for me in a linux world with this graphic card… right ? :frowning: What a disappointment!

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Blame ATI .