Really???? I haven't had the opportunity yet to see Linux on an Athlon 64!!! Pretty nice?? I was thinking an Athlon XP 2600+ 333 the Athlon 64 3200 at ~$400 is a bit out of the price range I intend to spend.....but I don't doubt that it makes for a hot machine!! The fastest P4 I could convince myself to buy would be a P4 2.26GHz 533 for ~$160 but I'm thinking that the 2600+ might be close enough to justify the cost savings. Cleve
At 02:38 PM 10/17/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Your current card is overkill. Buy another one like it for $30 at tiger >direct. AGP should be able to stream what you need. Good luck watching >DVDs though, I still do that on my TV from a set top box. > >Nvidia seems to work just fine, no magic required. I got to try out a few >of their 5x serries with Knoppix at Computer Heaven. Try it out for >yourself at any computer store that's got display models. If they have >some stupid sofware that keeps you from rebooting, put your CD in and push >the power button. > >For processor power, go with a nice P4 or an Athlon 64. > >On 2003.10.17 14:20 Challison wrote: > > Ok....here's the deal. > > Building another machine....once again. > > > > Interested in opinions of video cards.....here are the goals. > > ~$100 or less price tag....internet prices not local store prices. > > I don't play video games but I do like to watch dvds from time to time. > > I'm not a videophile but I do like a very responsive desktop. I would > > prefer a card that is known to be Linux friendly. > > > > I currently have a Nvidia Geforce2 GTS 32MB > > > > I have been looking around and have come across some potentials that meet > > my price range: > > Geforce4 TI 4200 64MB (it seems the 64MB version of this card has faster > > ram than the 128MB version, although this may be on a manufacturer basis > > and not global) > > Geforce FX 5600 128MB > > Radeon 9600 128MB > > > > I am open to other suggestions. I have a NEC MultiSync 95 19" monitor and > > will be sticking with that for a while. > > I suppose I want the best bang for the buck however, I partially define > > BANG as working with standard RH, DEB, Slack and Gentoo distributions > > without having to jump through hoops and perform magic. I am much more > > interested in a good, stable, relatively fast video card, than I am in a > > lightening fast video card that is great for gaming. > > > > Any ideas? thoughts? suggestions? I've had a couple of people tell me > that > > I need to watch DVD's on my TV and that I can get a really good, fast, > > stable video card for much less that I am planning on spending.....I'm > > taking it with a grain of salt until I hear your opinions because although > > this individual just finished putting together a new machine, he isn't any > > more of a guru than I am. > > > > TIA for any help you can give me, > > Cleve > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
