I use a matrox 450 AGP card. It was cheap and works well to suit my purposes. One thing I like about it is that Xfree supports it without any extra drivers (unlike ATI, nvidia, etc.).
I decided on the KISS principal with the 450... Several ATI cards did not work well for me on linux, so I went with Matrox since it is "tried and true". worked out of the box. I would go for the AGP even for 2d stuff... Shannon On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:24:12 -0500, Muralidar Chakravarthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would suggest for $30-$50 range you might as well get a nvidia 5200 > from www.newegg.com for AGP to work you will need to have an AGP slot to > begin with > > Advantages of going nvidia > > #1 their own compiled drivers are available from www.nvidia.com for > linux (both 2.4.x and 2.6.x) --> very simple to install > > #2 it's a newer card (which means it supports DVI ,which might be better > if you get a fancy LCD) > > #3 you can get them in both 128M and 64M (128 is definitely better) > > Do a search on newegg for Fx5200 > > BTW I have 2 nvidia cards and both of them support dual monitors (I use > "Xinerama" at home...the nice part is it even does 3d on both monitors - > 1280x1024 x 2). > > Regards, > Murali > > > > > On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 22:27, Alvaro Zuniga wrote: > > Hi John Thanks: > > I think it would. I have a motherboard video card which is AGP but > > unsupported by XFree (sis something) so I do not even have AGP nor DRI > > compiled, I do not really even know what that is but I guess I do not > > need it. It only has 8MB and it displays 1600x1200 in one monitor. > > > > I do not do 3D nor games. The most graphic intensive work I do is GIMP > > which is rather CPU intensive ( filters ). > > > > Thanks for the link, I should have looked that up. I saw the first > > paragraph of one of the explanations and it is a 3D exclusive feature. I > > guess I will go with the PCI I also think that the 16Megs will also be > > sufficient. Anyone please jump in and correct me. > > > > I basically have ran out of space in the 21'' inch. I already have 5 > > virtual desktops and I think I could really use an extra monitor for the > > terminals. > > > > I have one virtual desktop with 3 terminals. Each terminal usually has > > about 3 or 4 tabs with vim sessions with an average of 5 - 10 files > > each. Then there is the database one which is quite a pain and the one > > that truly needs all the room. > > > > take care, > > > > Alvaro Zuniga > > > > On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 21:42, John Hebert wrote: > > > I recommend AGP and the 32MB version. > > > > > > definition of AGP > > > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oi=defmore&q=define:AGP > > > > > > 32MB means you can display more pixels, but I'm not > > > sure if it will display 1600x1200. > > > > > > John > > > > > > --- Alvaro Zuniga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone: > > > > I have hear talks about the Dual Matrox G450 in the > > > > group. I think Matt > > > > uses one. > > > > > > > > I would like to purchase one; however I am not sure > > > > which one to get, > > > > the AGP or the PCI. I really do not know the > > > > difference between the two. > > > > However, the PCI would not require me to build > > > > support for the card in > > > > the kernel which leads me to believe it might be a > > > > better choice. or is > > > > it not? > > > > > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. If there is another > > > > card that supports > > > > 2 monitors in the range of $20 $30 I would love to > > > > know about it as > > > > well. This is about the price of this one in ebay > > > > with 16MB and $35 -$50 > > > > with 32MB. > > > > > > > > Is there an advantage to having 32 instead of 16? > > > > All I require is 2D > > > > for two 21'' monitors at 1600x1200 each. > > > > > > > > If there a difference between the AGP breed from the > > > > PCI? > > > > > > > > Also, if I have two of this cards, can I have 4 > > > > monitors? This would be > > > > really nice if I could do this. I would have to > > > > purchase the other 2 > > > > first and some serious furniture to accommodate all > > > > these stuff. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > Alvaro Zuniga > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. > > > http://messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
