[ale] Video Card Recommendations

[Scott Castaline]

James Taylor wrote:
> Every single NVidia card I've installed (at least a couple of dozen and counting) has worked perfectly using proprietary drivers.
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> ATI cards have worked well also.  Previous to the recent driver enhancements I had to do a lot of prep to install them, but now they are very easy to set up and work well.
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> Intel cards work, but the open source drivers they provide create a massive vacuum.
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> The GeForce series has been on the market for years and I would expect no problems.
> I don't know about PNY in particular, but assuming the card is reliable the drivers will work well.
> -jt
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>>>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at  5:20 PM, in message <45DA22A3.4030402 at charter.net>,
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> Scott Castaline <hscast at charter.net> wrote: 
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>> Jim Philips wrote:
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>>> On Monday 19 February 2007 04:38:31 pm Scott Castaline wrote:
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>>>> Having trouble with my embedded video and FC6, so I've been looking for
>>>> a replacement option. My MoBo supports 33MHz and is PCI2.2 compliant.
>>>> I'd rather not spend alot, especially since I'm not a gamer, but do some
>>>> photo editing and such.
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>>> I know people complain about proprietary drivers and all of that, but nVidia 
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>>> has always been very good for me. Buy any mid- level card with a decent amount 
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>>> of RAM and you'll be happy. I think they are very attentive to the Linux 
>>> community.
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>> Any feelings towards PNY Verto GeForce FX 5200
>> http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=3968065
>> it supposed to have 256MB and looks to be priced right.(under $60)
>> I'm I looking for trouble going this route?
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I was leaning towards a Nvidia card. What's your opinion on this one at 
Circuit City? It looks like they are featuring NVidia.
http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/eVGA-GeForce-FX-5200-Video-Card-128P1N309DX/sem/rpsm/oid/105701/catOid/-13043/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do