Make sure your power supply has enough juice for the card. New (1-2 years) video cards are energy hogs and they run HOT, especially if you plan on running any last generation games or doing any high end graphics design. I had to replace both my wife's HP and Son's Dell PSU before I could upgrade the video card and ended up transplanting my wife's MB into a better case with more fans because it kept on shutting down due to overheating. She's running a GTS8800 right now.
On Jul 30, 7:10 pm, JMJ <roadr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 07/30/2010 11:55 AM, Chris McQuistion wrote: > > > When it comes to Linux, I always recommend Nvidia-based video cards. ATI > > has a very bad history of driver support in Linux. > > Gotcha, I've narrowed my search to cards with an nVidia chipset. > > I've also just noticed an issue with the case & PCIe slot. I've got a > Dell 5150 and the motherboard seems to be the BTX form factor. Inside > the case there is room for cards that have fans and use 2 case openings, > however, due to the position of the PCIe slot relative to the case > openings, I only have 1 opening available. So, I can either limit my > search to cards that only require 1 case opening, or I can also include > cards that require 2 openings but can be modified by cutting off part of > the metal that fills the opening. There's plenty of ventilation near > there, but just not an actual slot. > > So, it's looking like the GeForce GTS 250 is going to be the best > chipset I'll be able to use, and many of those cards will still require > hacking the end a bit. Hmmm... the GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-768I has a > GeForce GTX 460 and I think it would fit if I hacked the end. But it's > $200. Tempting though. > > JMJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
