Rick
2 full featured cards that I like a lot are
ATI Expert 2000 32MB Rage128 chip
Janton 3DForce2-MX 32MB Nvidia GeForce2
Use www.pricewatch.com and you can find either card
for $70 for the retail box, even less if you
go OEM.
Both work out of the box with 7.2 and 8.0.
Charles (-:
Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Shear
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie]HELP: Athlon, M7M and Radeon
>
>
> I know all too well about the Proprietary architecture of certain
> peripherals inside my Gateway. I was not too pleased to find
> the Philips
> CDR I purchased with it had no brand name in the firmware so
> it couldn't be
> flashed with Philips updates. Not too surprising the Radeon
> card appears to
> be a special version for Gateway as well. I can't complain
> too much about
> the quality of my machine it has worked quite well as it was
> sold but I know
> as soon as replacement time comes, I will build from scratch as I have
> always done in the past.
>
> On a side note, if I do just replace the video card, are
> there any good
> quality sub $100 Cards that Linux likes from the get go
> without having to
> re-compile anything. I am a veteran in the Dos/Windows world
> but a virgin
> when it comes to Linux.
>
> TIA... Again,
>
> Rick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ed Tharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Rick Shear'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Newbie (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 6:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie]HELP: Athlon, M7M and Radeon
>
>
> > afaik... also.. from past experience... you might not want
> to contact DELL
> > about using LINUX on a machine that is supposed to be under
> warranty..
> they
> > might end the warranty as use of LINUX used to void the
> DELL win-warranty.
> > (was a couple of years ago but just a call that said you had already
> > installed linux would be the end of the warranty.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "'Rick Shear'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: "Newbie (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 8:43 AM
> > Subject: RE: [newbie]HELP: Athlon, M7M and Radeon
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > > Since only the Dell supplied driver will work in Windows you have
> received
> > > what in technical terms is known as "the shaft".
> > >
> > > The card you have, while in fact a Radeon has been in some fashion
> > > manufactured to be proprietary to Dell.
> > >
> > > The only option I can see, other than buying a New card,
> is to contact
> > Dell
> > > Tech Support in the hopes that they can provide you with
> assistance.
> > >
> > > Charles )-:
> > >
> > > Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
> > >
> > >
