[NTLUG:Discuss] Video Card Recommendation?

[Cameron, Thomas]

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> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Chris Cox
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 10:24 AM
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> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Video Card Recommendation?
> 
> I know there are some evil TNT2 based cards... so
> possibly.  Mostly just ones that don't have the
> extra slit on the connector for the AGP slot.
> Typical of OEM boards for Compaq and IBM workstations
> in particular.
> 
> We have run AS2.1 on Compaq machines with cheapo
> Quadro boards (not much different from the MX440), but
> I haven't seen any problem.  I have not tried any
> 8x version though.  Maybe that's part of the problem.
> 8x seems pretty meaningless on an MX440... what a
> strange config (?).


Yeah, I thought so as well, but they were cheap and I *love* my ASUS V7700 GeForce 2 GTS which is in my Precision 620 at home.  I just assumed that the GeForce 4 would be as nice.  I was wrong.

I am probably going to just slap RHEL 3 on these boxes and see if that works.

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Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT
Assistant Vice President
Linux Design and Engineering
Bank of America
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