I would stick to either anything with a TNT2 chip or the Matrox G400,
both rock in FPS performance and XWindows...
I like the Viper550, 16 meg, AGP, it is a TNT card, but with the
emergence of the Viper770, the v550 can be had for like $85 bucks.
Just my two cents..
Regards,
Steven Hildreth
Information Technology Manager
Aprotex Corporation, http://www.aprotex.com
"Proven Property Protection Since 1952"
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 7:34 PM
Subject: OT: Game Machine
>
> Hello All,
>
> Sorry for the off post here, I'm in the process of setting up an
> Interenet Cafe, and along with the Coffee roasting, will also have,
of
> coarse, some machines for gaming on.
>
> I'm looking at 16 game boxes, combined with surfing, and am planning
on
> throwing Linux in the boxes for the gaming and some surfing.
>
> The basic box will be: 1\ 500 mhz CPU (Athlon or Pentium )
> 2\ 64 meg of ram
> 3\ 17 inch monitor .26
> 4\ keyboard, mouse.....
> 5\ 6.4 gig drive ide 7200
>
> Now what i would like to know from the gamers here, is a suitable
video
> card , compatable with Linux, that will give great performance on a
> Linux box, performance is
> the issue i'm looking at here rather than price.
>
> Right now were planning on running all the games put out by Loki
> http://www.lokigames.com/ .
>
> Were still in the process of getting our startup expenses together
for
> these boxes were going to have, so any help or info would be a big
plus
> for us....
>
> Oh yes, one more thing, I have been on the look out for management
> software for the boxes themselves for Linux, which would be
compatable
> with Windows, for the user
> management for computer use in the Cafe, or even a card swiping
setup,
> that will work with Linux...
>
> Once again, thanking you in advance.
>
> David
>
>
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