On Fri, 21 Dec 2001 07:46:18 +0000 Stewart Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All > > I'm in need of a new 3D graphics card that works well under Linux ( V8.1 > ). There seems to have been alot of problems with nVidia drivers > reported on various newsgroups.ATI seems not to supprot their Vivid!xs > cards under Linux so I don't know where to look for info. My <only> ;-) > requirements are that it works under Win98, at least for a little while > yet, and that it works with OpenGL under Linux. > When requesting video recommends one should always give their budget. You can get a decent vid card for under $50 up tp a cutting edge card for $350+. I concur with your assesment of Nvidia but Stongly disagree in regards to ATI. I personally have 4 ATI card, 2 Xpert 2000 (Rage128 chip 16MB) available OEM for around $35, a Radion 32MB DDR available retail for app $150, and a Radeon 64MB DDR w/VIVO available retail for app $200. The Rage128 cards have been fully supported in X since 3.3.6 and in 8.1 with with an 800 Duron I get 245 FPS. With X 4.1.+ as shipped with 8.1 the Radeon is now fully supported. On an 800 Duron the Radeon 32MB DDR gives 500+ FPS. And on a 1000 TBird the Radeon 64 gives 600+ FSB. All the cards run great in all versions of Win 98-XP and if you play DVDs in Win all support hardware DVD playback and the ATI DVD player for Win is the Best player I have ever used. Its far outshines the HollywoodMagic decoder card and is as good as that I get from a upperend JVC DVD player. So my choice for vid card is ATI. Charles
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