[SteamOS] How to check if your video card is supported

Overview

Simple guide to check supported video cards under SteamOS

General

The only way to check, which isn’t bad to do, is to reference the latest driver release on the SteamOS sub forum (currently 153), you’ll see that there are:

NVIDIA drivers to 343.22
AMD graphics driver to 14.9

Per that, you can find….

Supported AMD cards under Catalyst 14.9[support.amd.com]
Supported Nvidia cards under Nvidia 343.22[www.nvidia.com]

So, in practice, checking the release notes of the latest SteamOS release, then checking that versions page on Nvidia or AMD’s site is the most to-the-point method. Just google “Nvidia 343.22 linux driver” and you’ll find the release notes. Those release notes will note which graphics cards the driver version supports.