[NTLUG:Discuss] video card recommendation

[Stuart Johnston]

In general, I have had better luck with nvidia cards.  However, if you a 
planning to stick with the open drivers, ATI has made a commitment to 
improve the open drivers in the future.

Ralph wrote:
> Howdy,
>   I want to build a system with a high end video card and I would like
> to hear people's recommendations.  I have it narrowed down to two cards.
>   eVGA 6200 LE with 256 meg ram
>   ATI Radeon X600 256mb meg
>  Both cards are PCI-E and are the first cards I will have bought with
> that bus.  My previous high end card is a Ti4200/64mb bought at Chris
> Cox's recommendation and it has done great.  I really can't see how it
> could be improved, but the new system has no AGP slot and I can get
> either of the two cards I mention for under $20, which seems like a lot
> for a video card.
>  The system is an Intel 915 based motherboard, if that makes a
> difference.  I have a 3.4 GHz P4 to use in it and this is going to be a
> general purpose computer.  I plan on staying with all open source
> drivers for whichever I get.
> Thanks,
> Ralph
> 
> 
> 
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