[ale] Video Card Recommendations

[Jim]

Scott Castaline wrote:
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>>> 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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>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at  5:20 PM, in message <45DA22A3.4030402 at charter.net>,
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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've installed two different GeForce cards (one was a PNY) in the last 
>> couple of months and both are working flawlessly.  I've run them with 
>> and without the nvidia drivers and there are no problems either way.  I 
>> can't image that the 5200 would be any different.
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> Went ahead and ordered from Circuit City the FX 5200 on-line. Should 
> have it tomorrow. I'll keep you posted. Thanks to all for your 
> suggestions. It is also good to know that it'll probably work with 
> generic drivers as I thought it would, but more than likely any special 
> features would only be accessed through the proprietary software.
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If I understand the documentation correctly, by installing the nvidia 
drives you enable the 3D capabilities of the card.  Since I don't do 
games, I've not noticed any difference. 

Good luck but I don't think you're gonna need it. ;)

Jim.