[TriLUG] Video card recommendations

Michael Thompson thompson at easternrad.com
Thu Dec 11 10:59:13 EST 2003


+1 on the Matrox G550.  They 'just work'  :)

On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 10:51, zzd wrote:
> I use Matrox G550 (Dual Head) cards in both my systems and find them well 
> supported in Mandrake (9.1+), RH (9+), and Gentoo (1.4 GRP) and been very 
> happy with them.
> 
> On Thursday 11 December 2003 10:24 am, Ron Joffe wrote:
> > Hey folks,
> >
> > I am looking for a video card recommendation / experiences.
> >
> > What I need is either a single card, or two cards which will provide two
> > outputs (DVI) at 1600x1200. I'm not looking for gaming cards, but 2-D
> > drafting type applications. I have both pci and AGP slots available to me,
> > and of course it has to play with Linux.
> >
> > Any recommendations, horror stories, etc.
> >
> > I have always stuck with Matrox cards for this application, but I figured I
> > might ask around and see what others use.
> >
> >
> > Ron
> 
> -- 
> Z
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Michael Thompson <thompson at easternrad.com>
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