Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 01:28:54AM +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > This is because I have just got woody, and aparently I, as a newbie, > have to figure out how to install & compile a special driver so woody > can talk to the on-board four mb of memory on my Intel 82815 video > card. I sure would like to just be able to have base-config just get > it up right as an xfree86 terminal. Don't use Woody. Woody is years out of date. Sarge detects most video cards flawlessly. -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabootu's Minister of Proofreading http://www.jabootu.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 01:28:54AM +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > I'd just like to know what video card works best "out of the box" with > debian. Do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. Look at the choices for video drivers which are there. Google for video cards which work with those drivers. These will video cards will "just work." > > BTW, what is VESA?! Unaccelerated "it just works" mode that all video cards support. However, nothing will be accelerated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
I'd just like to know what video card works best "out of the box" with debian. This is because I have just got woody, and aparently I, as a newbie, have to figure out how to install & compile a special driver so woody can talk to the on-board four mb of memory on my Intel 82815 video card. I sure would like to just be able to have base-config just get it up right as an xfree86 terminal. I'm not freaking, tho, as I have knoppix running smooth as silk on another partition, BTW, what is VESA?! --- Scotty On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 04:50:08 +0200, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ><#secure method=pgp mode=sign> >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. > >Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even >crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphics >performance. I believe there's actually working open drivers for the >ATI adapters. >-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFBXhTLUzgNqloQMwcRAmG4AKCzn9tbWYoStwS0rirgIdZ2TE7a1QCeLRC3 >/cWojlUVlmy88q8qpdHJLfY= >=WxKm >-END PGP SIGNATURE- > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
On Friday 01 October 2004 07:28 pm, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Greetings list, > I would like to hear what models and brands of nVidia > cards the list members use and what their experiences > with those have been. My card is a Radeon 9000 Pro > 128 MB that cost US$ 85 in July '03. I am looking for > something with comparable or better performance in the > sub-$100 range. I have zero experience with ATI. I have used 3 different nvidia cards, an FX5200, a ti4400 and my new one is a Geforce6800GT which I got simply to play doom3, which even run with cvscedega runs very well. Other than the usual newbie problems figuring out how to install the drivers I have had absolutely no problems. Nvidia has a lot of cards that will fill the bill, I think the FX series are now down in price. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:28:05PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Greetings list, ... > What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Partly > because I am sick of ATi, and partly because my nForce2 > motherboard will hopefully be a bit more compatible > with the nVidia card than it has been with the ATi > card. Don't know how well they'll communicate. I seem to remember reading that nvidia boards presented more problems than average when I was looking for a new MB, so I avoided them. > I would like to hear what models and brands of nVidia > cards the list members use and what their experiences > with those have been. My card is a Radeon 9000 Pro > 128 MB that cost US$ 85 in July '03. I am looking for > something with comparable or better performance in the > sub-$100 range. I went with a Leadtek 5700 card, but that's not in this range AFAIK. Nonetheless I generally have had minimal problems with it. Read the docs for the modules and kernel bits, and note what needs to be done for X as well. Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
On October 1, 2004 20:29, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > > > > Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. > > > > Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even > > crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphics > > performance. I believe there's actually working open drivers for the > > ATI adapters. > > Problem is that the newer Radeon cards have even worse support > in the open source drivers. It is really aggravating since > I want a card that will allow me to play my games in Linux. > The two that I play now are Neverwinter Nights and America's > Army. I would probably get more in the future, but not if I > can't my video card to perform better. > > Based on what I have seen by googling for the various problems > that I have had, there are far fewer problems with nVidia > cards than with ATi cards when it comes to Linux gaming. > > Anyway, how bad are the nVidia drivers? The only experience > I have had with them (one high-end workstation in the Linux > lab I formerly admined) was fairly positive. > I have 4 computers in the house. 2 with ATI cards and 2 with NVidia cards. I've had far fewer problems with the nvidia cards under both linux and windows. I don't play many games but make heavy use of OpenGL (Maya, Blender etc). Go over to the Blender forums and you will see sticky threads devoted to getting ATI cards to work while the NVidia cards just do. I don't know much about comparative DirectX support and frankly I don't care. RJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
Paul Johnson wrote: <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphics performance. I believe there's actually working open drivers for the ATI adapters. Problem is that the newer Radeon cards have even worse support in the open source drivers. It is really aggravating since I want a card that will allow me to play my games in Linux. The two that I play now are Neverwinter Nights and America's Army. I would probably get more in the future, but not if I can't my video card to perform better. Based on what I have seen by googling for the various problems that I have had, there are far fewer problems with nVidia cards than with ATi cards when it comes to Linux gaming. Anyway, how bad are the nVidia drivers? The only experience I have had with them (one high-end workstation in the Linux lab I formerly admined) was fairly positive. -Roberto Sanchez signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphics performance. I believe there's actually working open drivers for the ATI adapters. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBXhTLUzgNqloQMwcRAmG4AKCzn9tbWYoStwS0rirgIdZ2TE7a1QCeLRC3 /cWojlUVlmy88q8qpdHJLfY= =WxKm -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[OT] Video card recommendations.
Greetings list, I will make this short. Basically, I am fed up with my Radeon video card. Driver support from ATi sucks, I can hardly play America's Army or Neverwinter Nights. When I can play them, I am stuck with very low quality compatibility textures. I have tried several dri-trunk packages (both specifically for Debian and manually compiled) with and without the available S3TC patches. None have worked, ranging from non-functional X to locking up when trying to play one of the games. To top it all off, for the longest time I have been getting artifacts--in the way of garbled text characters on the console and BIOS setup screens and lots of random blue or red pixels in any graphical environment. This is most aggravating. What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Partly because I am sick of ATi, and partly because my nForce2 motherboard will hopefully be a bit more compatible with the nVidia card than it has been with the ATi card. I would like to hear what models and brands of nVidia cards the list members use and what their experiences with those have been. My card is a Radeon 9000 Pro 128 MB that cost US$ 85 in July '03. I am looking for something with comparable or better performance in the sub-$100 range. I guess this turned out a bit longer than I expected. Thanks in advance for the insights and recommendations. -Roberto Sanchez signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
