[TriLUG] Video Card Recommendation

Mike Johnson mike at enoch.org
Mon Dec 27 00:08:17 EST 2004


Jason Tower wrote:

> unless you're an active gamer (and you don't sound like you are) pretty 
> much any ati or nvidia card made in the past three years will probably 
> be more than adequate for your needs.  newegg has a big selection of 
> refurb cards for around $50 that have DVI output, that's where i'd go.  
> if you're more concerned about prformance, go with nvidia.  if you're 
> more concerned about open source, go with ati.

This article might shed some more light on 3D with Linux.  Seems ATI is 
following the same path as NVIDIA and releasing closed source binary 
drivers, with the goal of meeting or exceeding NVIDIA's performance on 
Linux platforms.

http://www.anandtech.com/linux/showdoc.aspx?i=2302

Me?  I've got my eyes on an ATI 9600XT.  With a little work, it can be 
had for not much over $100.

Mike



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