6/22 Does anyone know of a video board which does:
1) Decent 3D
2) Decent 2D
3) Dual monitor
4) Supported by XFree86?
5) Support for at least 1600x1200 resolution?
-PeterM
\_ If your're using Linux, get an Nvidia GeForce card of your choice.
Nvidia driver support is pretty good for Linux (though, you might
have to go to their site to download them)
\_ they have dual monitor? which ones?
\_ search pricewatch or similar site for Gefore(3|4) AND dual
\_ Thanks, this advice was right on. Now a follow up question,
(which I will research myself as well), how good are
the GeForceN MX boards? --PeterM
\_ Looks like VisionTek Geforce4 400 MX Dual is it. -PeterM
\_ If you've got a few extra bucks get a g4-4200 instead.
It's almost as fast as the 4400/4600, doesn't cost
three arms and a leg and is a real gf4, which the MX
is not.
\_ The MX cards are usually stripped "Celeron"
equivalents of their more powerful GeForce
counterparts. Also someone once told me that the
Geforce 4 MX cards are architecturally the same as
Geforce2 cards. This article has a good chart
of various cards on the market with benchmarks:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/02q2/020418/index.html
\_ Uh yeah that's exactly what was said above about
the MX.
\_ Why you needed 3D performances on Linux anyway?
--linux newbie who care more about display a lot of text
clearly at high resolution.
\_ I want some sort of 3D capability on the Windows side for
the occasional game. Also, my work might involve 3D stuff,
though my home machine hasn't much horsepower for it. Mostly
I wanted dual-head support and 1600x1200 on XFree86.
I have the board I mentioned above working fine. --PeterM
\_ Ah, xinerama...
\_ Got the MX? Oh woe.... Can you still return it?
\_ MX is so much cheaper. It's a good card if that's what youare
looking for.
\_ But it's already verging on obsolete. It's the best tech from
2-3 years ago. A g4200 will have a much longer life. |