ATI Radeon 32MB DDR is an excellent card but - beware LMD8.0 drivers will 
have major problems. Solutions have already been on this list but I'm 
waiting for 8.1 - next week (should work "out of the box")

At 20:51 17/09/2001 -0400, Charles A Edwards wrote:




> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers
> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 8:07 PM
> > To: Newbie Linux-Mandrake
> > Subject: [newbie] Video cards
> >
> >
> > So, with all the discussion about nVidia cards, what is a
> > good card to
> > run? I am going to upgrade cause my little 4mb ATI Rage
> > doesn't even get
> > tux down the hill.  I want a midrange card in the $60 to $100
> > range. Is
> > there any hope? TIA for any suggestions.
> > --
>
>
>In that price range I would get the OEM version
>of the ATI Radeon 32MB DDR.
>
>You can pick 1 up from www.newegg.com for $72+$8 S&H.
>That is Cheap for that card.
>The retail version runs $130+ and everywhere else even the OEM
>is $100+.
>
>Do not be tempted by the Radeon VE it uses a different chip and is not
>supported at all yet.
>And the SDR is a lesser version of the DDR.
>
>As I said in 1 of my previous post the Radeon will not be
>fully supported until 8.1
>It runs well on either 7.2 or 8.0 but it is great in 8.1 B3.
>
>Should you prefer a stop gap solution you can get an OEM ATI Expert 2000,
>32MB Rage 128 chipset, from several vendors for between $30-$35.
>I have this card in 2 systems and it performs very well.
>
>In case no one has noticed I have become an ATI fan, especially where
>Linux is concerned.
>
>
>
>    Charles  (-:
>
>Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
>And for too many there are now no tomorrows.
>
>
>
>
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