On 8/22/05, Miguel A Paraz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the inputs on ATI. I was able to find pricing for some > NVidia FX 5200 and 6200 AGP cards. Any issues with X.org and DVI out > on these local cards (e.g. Palit)
The 5200 should be fine. The nv43 based cards (6x00 series) have problems, depending on the brand. For example (my experience): - nv43 will cause X to lockup if you're using a kernel with 4k-stacks (like Fedora, RHEL4 and clones, including CentOS). You'll have to recompile your kernel to use 8k-stacks. System will lock-up immediately upon starting X. - Some brands just wont work with nVidia's binary driver unless you mod the BIOS. Either you get the black-screen-of-death when starting X or a complete system lock-up. Xorg/Xfree86 open source driver will work just fine. It sucks if you play hi-res video and if you're using OpenGL apps. I wan't able to use my Inno3D 6600 with nVidia's binary driver for more than a month until I someone suggested (nvnews forums) to use another brand's BIOS. -- Gideon N. Guillen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take back the web! Download Firefox Today! http://getfirefox.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
