[NTLUG:Discuss] GeForce

[Stan Gatchel]

Chris,

<old ben>   song   </old ben>    ;-)

Email here and let's talk turkey, so to speak...

sgatchel at psltech.com

Thanks,

Stan

Chris Cox wrote:
>Stan Gatchel wrote:
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>>I want to upgrade my graphics from an ATI PCI (Radeon RV250 Lf) card to
>>nVidia, something like a AGP GeForce 6200 (I don't run games or
>>anything, just office stuff, some GIMP grapics and such). I have a AMD64
>>machine running SuSE 9.3. Planning to go to SuSE 10 and want to upgrade
>>the graphic card then. Will it work? Is this a good all around choice?
>>Where is a good place to get one?
>>    
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>If you don't plan on gaming, I think the 6200 is a poor choice.  Too
>many variables with that card.  A 6600GT is better, but it's a 3D
>powerhouse on Linux (good for gaming).  Obviously, Nvidia will be making the shared
>memory cards work better with Linux... you can check http://nvnews.net/vbulletin
>to find out what works and what doesn't work.
>
>I've got some Nvidia cards at the house that you can try if you like, that
>are contemporary Nvidia or relatively high end.  <yoda>Sell you one for
>a song I will.</yoda>
>
>You can get a 5200 pretty cheap.. that's more than enough.
>The Quadro NVS 2D cards can be gotten pretty easily... they will
>handle multiple DVI monitors and are very high quality.
>
>Just my opinion.
>
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