Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread Jason Weisberger
Michael,Any NVIDIA card is a home run as far as Linux drivers go. It will even allow you to run some advanced graphical applications if you chose. If you're looking for the most for the money, I'd either try a 6600GT or the brand new 7200, which may not be released on the market yet, I'd check on

[gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread Simon Kellett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Depends a bit on what you want: basic stuff or 3d-gaming ! Basic stuff. Not into games, and I don't watch movies on my computer either. Same as me then: I just bought the cheapest card with an nVidia chip, AGP8 and DVI out at my local computer shop: ASUS V9400-X/TD

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread Thierry de Coulon
On Monday, 23 January 2006 21:15, Simon Kellett wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Depends a bit on what you want: basic stuff or 3d-gaming ! Basic stuff. Not into games, and I don't watch movies on my computer either. Same as me then: I just bought the cheapest card with an nVidia chip,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread michael
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Thierry de Coulon wrote: On Monday, 23 January 2006 21:15, Simon Kellett wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Depends a bit on what you want: basic stuff or 3d-gaming ! Basic stuff. Not into games, and I don't watch movies on my computer either. Same as me then: I just

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread michael
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Thierry de Coulon wrote: On Monday, 23 January 2006 21:15, Simon Kellett wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Depends a bit on what you want: basic stuff or 3d-gaming ! Basic stuff. Not into games, and I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread Thierry de Coulon
On Monday, 23 January 2006 22:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Resolution is 1680 x 1050. I do need to make sure the 6600 can do this with the Linux driver. Here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15118735 I read: Is it possible to have 1680*1050 displayed under Linux? Yeah, I have a nVidia

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-23 Thread michael
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Thierry de Coulon wrote: On Monday, 23 January 2006 22:09, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Resolution is 1680 x 1050. I do need to make sure the 6600 can do this with the Linux driver. Here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15118735 I read: Is it possible to have

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-22 Thread michael
Thanks for your reply, Simon. Answers follow: On Sat, 21 Jan 2006, Simon Kellett wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm looking for recommendations for a new video card. Obviously something that works well with Linux in general and Gentoo in particular. Any suggestions? Depends a bit on

[gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

2006-01-21 Thread Simon Kellett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm looking for recommendations for a new video card. Obviously something that works well with Linux in general and Gentoo in particular. Any suggestions? Depends a bit on what you want: basic stuff or 3d-gaming ! Should I prefer a digital interface over the