which geforce card did you buy? Those listed are pretty old cards On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 December 2008 11:14 am, Jeff Lasman wrote: > > > I'm ready to put together a new machine: > > > > Heart: ECS G31T-M mb, 2G memory, quad-core Intel processor, 2 500GB > > HDs, DVD burner, Antec Solo Case, Antec NeoPower 500 PS. > > > > Soul: Don't know yet. That's where this thread comes in. > > Thanks, everyone. I made a preliminary decision to go with Ubuntu. > After my latest thread I made a preliminary decision to go with 64-bit > Ubuntu. > > However after reading this I'm not sure if I've done right by Ubuntu and > the hardware I selected. Note that I _can_ return the video card and > buy something else; perhaps even something else more expensive, but I > want to have the right combination... > > Note this, from the Ubuntu website at: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810 > > <snip> > nVidia "legacy" video support > > The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the > nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, are not > compatible with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10. Users with the > nVidia TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 > chipsets are affected and will be transitioned on upgrade to the free > nv driver instead. This driver does not support 3D acceleration. > </snip> > > I'm looking at that last sentence, becaue the video card I bought is an > nVidia GeForce card. What does that last word "acceleration" mean to > me in the context of the hardware I've bought? Does that mean it > supports 3D but not acceleration? > > Note that I don't _need_ 3D, but it's one of my wants for this new > machine. I want to try the new desktops. > > Any help will be appreciated; I was going to unwrap and build today > <smile>. > > Thanks! > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services > P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: > "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
