[SOLVED] video card support question

Hi Everyone,
I need to get my dad a new pc with a simple (newbee) linux distro on it and I was thinking of something like mint. He has been using Ubuntu the last 2 years but for some reasons we want to switch. I'm a very satisfied arch user but this is way over his head.
I'm looking for a system without windows and found something with the following specs:
Cardreaders 3,5" Spire 51-in-1 zwart
Processor AM3 AMD Athlon2 X2 255 65W 3.10GHz / BOX
Motherboard Biostar AM3 N68S3+ V/S/L/µATX/DDR3
RAM    2048MB DDR3/1333 Kingston CL9
Graphics 5450 ATI HIS HD 5450 Silence VGA/DVI/HDMI/GDDR3 1024MB
HDD    500GB Samsung HD502HJ SATA/16MB/7200rpm
Housing    Codegen P6232-A11 460 Watt / zwart-zilver
DVD-Burner Samsung SH-222AB 22x SATA / bulk / zwart
DVD-player Sony Optiarc 18x/48x SATA / bulk / zwart
I'm somewhat worried about the graphics card and after browsing the forums I can't get a satisfying answer whether the card will work with or without problems if at all. Can anyone help out or give some advise?
Thanx a bunch.
Last edited by billy-bones (2011-06-10 22:30:53)

billy-bones wrote:
karol wrote:
billy-bones wrote:He is not going to do any heavy gaming and such.
So why do you need 1 GB RAM card?
He want's do edit video's and work more intensively with multimedia.
I would suggest getting some more RAM.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 97#p934697
Maybe you can ask mhertz some specific questions as he seems to have a 5450 too. Judging from this one post the situation doesn't seem bad.

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