On Sat, 2001-12-22 at 08:10, Stewart Taylor wrote:
>
> 'fraid not, I'll be putting into my other machine which is still using a
> Diamond Viper 550.
>
> Stewart
>
> ------------=_1009026693-11608-1082
> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Hi Stewart,
My computer is "still using" a Diamond Viper 550! I just installed
nVidia's 1541 drivers (I am running the kernel that came with my 8.1 PP
disto and xFree4.whatever). I am also running Win98SE for some games
(not knowledgable enough to run in Linux... yet!). Have you any
tips/tricks for this card? Have you noticed any particular version of
drivers for either os (from diamond/nVidia/etc.) to work best? Can you
repeatedly play TuxRacer (or Chromiam{sp} at all) without hard-locking
the system?
I'm a total linux newbie running Mandrake 8.1 from the PP boxed edition
(from mandrakestore) with "most" non-server apps installed, wow how many
os's come with 3+ gigs of "extras"? My "box" is an old (original
style?) Athlon 650 (where can I get faster chips in this style?) on an
Abit KA7, Diamond V550(nVidia RivaTNT 16 meg), "Ensoniq / Creative Labs
PCI sound card which isn't working", 128meg for now, junk 13" monitor
(any way to brighten display in Linux?).
While I'm thinking about it how useful is upgrading from 128meg to 256
or 384 meg (generic pc133 sdram) in Linux? I'm told this os naturally
takes advantage of (ie, uses all of) available memory). Wow, I'm
sitting here typing and my hard drive and CD-ROM just spins up!
(HMM!!!)???
Thanks,
Wes Gregg
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
