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?

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[–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

Just a heads up. I would strongly suggest you don't recommend an ARC GPU on a motherboard missing rebar support. It's critical for them to run correctly.

Edit: Also another thought. 3rd gen was the era when things started to get UEFI support. Newer cards might not post on a legacy bios.

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