So I need to buy a new graphics card, how can I ensure that my new card is compatible with my computer? I am a total noob.
I run ubuntu.
My computer is a HP Pavilion HPE H8-1100z
From what I have been able to gather, my power supply matters. It has 3 pins. How can I ensure that I buy a card that my will be able to run with the amount of power supplied from my computer?
What else should I look for?
The reason I want a new card is because I don't think my current one is fully compatible with Linux.
I currently have a Caicos Radeon HD 6450 and most things that use WebGL do not display correctly. (Its usually the stuff that uses 3D that I have problems with)
I also have other random problems, like the hover event text descriptions/expansions for icons and links not displaying correctly sometimes.
Driver Details:
I am currently using the Open-source AMD/ATI display driver wrapper from xserver-xorg-video-ati, which is the one that is listed as recommended.
I tried switching to the proprietary driver and it made the problem worse.
I would like to add that the bit about the popup displays may not be related to the card directly, as it only appeared when I did a total package update last week and updated to 14.10. however, I thought it added to the evidence that my card didn't play well with Linux, so I put it in