On my AMD64 (64-bit gentoo) I have a GeForce4 MX 4000 with 2.6.12 kernel and did not do anything special, just installed the stable nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx packages from portage. Works great for me.
On my non 64-bit AMD system i have a GeForce FX 5200 and 2.6.13 kernel with the stable nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx packages from portage. Also works great except that I play games on this machine and the graphics card is a little underpowered for me but that is not due to any Linux issue. I used to have a very high end GeForce4 but it died and I replaced it with this cheapy card. On Monday 12 December 2005 10:17 pm, Burak Serdar wrote: > I recently bought an fx5200 for $55, and it works perfectly. You have > to emerge the unstable version of nVidia drivers to get them working > on the more recent kernel versions. I have 2.6.12 kernel, and the > latest stable nVidia compiles and works without any problems. > > On 12/12/05, John C. Shimek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am running 64bit Gentoo (of course) and looking at upgrading video > > cards. I have an ATI 8500LE right now. I have that working ok I am > > having one problem. I am trying to use learn Blender. It crashes at a > > certain point due to a bug in Mesa. There is a bug report for this and > > it has been fixed upstream in Mesa 6.3. I have 6.2 and since that seems > > to be bundled in with Xorg, I think, I don't know how to upgrade to a > > newer Mesa. I have tried the Modular Xorg (with Mesa 6.4) but > > xorg-server won't build. I went back to the latest stable one. I then > > tried the ati-drivers. It compiles, I get direct rendering but X > > crashes and complains about unknown symbols. > > > > I am think I just want to get a new card, mine is 4 years old. I am > > thinking nVidia. I am wondering what is good in the 100-200USD range? > > And how good is the support for amd64? \ > > > > Thank you > > John C. Shimek > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list -- [email protected] mailing list
