Re: PCI graphics card recommendations sought

From: Aidan Whitehall (aidan_at_noway.thenetprofits.co.uk)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:12:53 +0000 (UTC)

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:01:58 +0200, Lasse Jensen wrote:

> Matrox Mystique og Milennium have fairly good 2D accelration and great
> Linux support. And you can get them cheap everywhwre. If you want Mesa
> support, a Matrox G200 or a 3DFX Voodoo 3 or 4 would be good choices,
> but they are hard to find in PCI versions. I have a Voodoo 4 PCI in one
> of my machines and it absolutely rules.
>
> You might also want to try a nVidia based card, but last time i tried
> one, the binary driver b0rked my system, so i wont give you any
> recommendations.

Thanks, that's all useful.

Yeah, you don't seem to be able to find a later Voodoo for love nor money.

In my mind, it was probably going to be an ATI vs nVidia choice and your
comment plus a few other things I've read have swayed me towards ATI.

It looks as though the Radeon 9200 is the best PCI card, plus I've seen
lots of threads where people have managed to get it working under Linux
and a mention that Linux drivers are easily obtainable for ATI cards for
the 8500 and above.

Now it's just a case of tracking one down... ah, www.ebay.co.uk has one...

Thanks again.

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