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What graphics card to buy for Davinci Resolve on Linux? (piefed.jeena.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I plan to build a PC, probably I will buy some used one to save money, with the specific goal to use it as a video editing machine. Right now I only have a Dell XPS 13 laptop and Davince Resolve doesn't work on Linux on a integrated graphics card as far as I understand. At least I was not able to get it running.

So I'm looking for a graphics card which would not be super expensive but still compatible with both Linux and Davinci Resolve. It would be nice if the drivers were open source, but it's not a must.

I will mostly be editing 1080p because 4k videos are just to big and I'm hosting them myself and it's already expensive.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not sure what year your laptop is from but depending on the ports you have available, you can get a GPU enclosure to open up your options on cards you can get.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's from 2020. So you mean a external graphics card via thinderbold?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I just had a look at the prices and god damn, it's almost as expensive as buying a full computer. I think I will probably stick to a desktop computer instead.

[–] huskypenguin 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Resolve on Linux is designed around Nvidia and X11.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Urgh, X11? I haven't been using it since 2016.

[–] huskypenguin 1 points 2 weeks ago

You can use it on Wayland but Resolves support target is CentOS 8 :/