[ale] Video Card Recommendations

[James Taylor]

I believe have the 256MB version of that card in one of my machines.
It had pretty good performance on glxgears, but the machine hasn't been used for gaming, so I haven't put any stress on it.
If 128MB will meet your needs, it probably will work very well.
-jt


James Taylor
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>>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at  9:15 PM, in message <45DA59C6.4050702 at charter.net>,
Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net> wrote: 
> James Taylor wrote:
>> Every single NVidia card I've installed (at least a couple of dozen and 
> counting) has worked perfectly using proprietary drivers.
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>> ATI cards have worked well also.  Previous to the recent driver enhancements 
> I had to do a lot of prep to install them, but now they are very easy to set 
> up and work well.
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>> Intel cards work, but the open source drivers they provide create a massive 
> vacuum.
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>> - jt
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>> The GeForce series has been on the market for years and I would expect no 
> problems.
>> I don't know about PNY in particular, but assuming the card is reliable the 
> drivers will work well.
>> - jt
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>> James Taylor
>> The East Cobb Group, Inc.
>> 678- 697- 9420
>> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
>> http://www.eastcobbgroup.com
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>>>>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at  5:20 PM, in message <45DA22A3.4030402 at charter.net>,
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>> Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net> wrote: 
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>>> Jim Philips wrote:
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>>>> On Monday 19 February 2007 04:38:31 pm Scott Castaline wrote:
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>>>>> Having trouble with my embedded video and FC6, so I've been looking for
>>>>> a replacement option. My MoBo supports 33MHz and is PCI2.2 compliant.
>>>>> I'd rather not spend alot, especially since I'm not a gamer, but do some
>>>>> photo editing and such.
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>>>> I know people complain about proprietary drivers and all of that, but nVidia 
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>>>> has always been very good for me. Buy any mid-  level card with a decent 
> amount 
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>>>> of RAM and you'll be happy. I think they are very attentive to the Linux 
>>>> community.
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>>> Any feelings towards PNY Verto GeForce FX 5200
>>> http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=3968065
>>> it supposed to have 256MB and looks to be priced right.(under $60)
>>> I'm I looking for trouble going this route?
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> I was leaning towards a Nvidia card. What's your opinion on this one at 
> Circuit City? It looks like they are featuring NVidia.
> http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/eVGA- GeForce- FX- 5200- Video- Card- 128P1N309DX/sem/rps
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