On 8/22/05, Gideon N. Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
Thanks for the advice. I couldn't justify buying a NV4x GPU (GeForce 6xxx) since I hardly play games and I don't play FPS at all. So I got a Gainward FX5500 Pro/685 (PhP3,600). My write-up: http://migs.paraz.com/w/archives/2005/10/03/gainward-pro685-tvdvi/ _________________________________________________ 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
