Re: [PLUG] Video card recommendations?

[Tobias DiPasquale <toby@cbcg.net>]

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On Oct 25, 2004, at 6:28 AM, eric@lucii.org wrote:
> What cards have you used that you'd recommend?  I do very little 
> gaming but
> would like some 3D acceleration for those rare occasions when I do.   
> Cost
> is an object... keeping it under $100 - way under if possible :-)  Oh, 
> and
> it should not have a fan... that's how the last one got toasted :-(

IMO, you can't go wrong with ATi. Almost all of their cards work with 
DRI/DRM on Linux and they don't generally require external drivers, 
either, which means you probably have support for them lying around 
waiting to be turned on. Also, for the same price point, ATi is 
generally a little bit better than NVIDIA (for video cards). Check out 
eBay or NewEgg.com and sort by lowest price first; you should be able 
to find a Radeon 7000 or something similar for what you are looking to 
spend.

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Tobias DiPasquale
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