Re: AGP Graphics Card?

Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

Vance Howard wrote:
Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Leland C. Scott wrote:
What is the cheapest and best supported AGP graphics card supported
that is usable for the 3D desktop effects? I want to do some
experimentation under openSUSE 10.3 and Fedora 8 on an old P-III
500MHz machine with 384 MB of RAM.
An old GeForce FX 5900 will do, but hard to find these days. You will
probably have more luck with the GeForce 6600GT or 6800, though they're
a bit too overpowered for a P-III (but they're pretty old and therefore
cheap).


http://tinyurl.com/yoyymk

I have had great success with video cards with Nvidia chipsets. Here are
a few at the above link.

The 6800 for $79.99:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130083

is what I would buy (note the 256-bit memory interface on that card).

If you really don't care at all about performance, considering the CPU
is a P3, the 6800XE for only $39.99:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814141060R

will do very nicely for a 3D desktop. If you don't intent to upgrade
the CPU, just go with the cheaper one.


Wow! Why am I still using a BFG OC 6200 in my main MythTV box?


Dave
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