[TriLUG] Video Card Recommendation

[Jason Tower]

On Sunday 26 December 2004 23:27, Matt Pusateri wrote:
> Trilugers,
>
> Ok, I never cared what video card I have had for the most part, as I
> never needed anything special from my video card, just basic display.
> But I was very fortunate this christmas and was the recipient of a
> LCD display.  Now I am thinking of replacing the Nvidia Gforce2 MX
> card with something a little newer.  I would like something
> compatable with FreeBSD as well as linux.  Nvidia seems to be
> supporting FreeBSD natively, so that seems a plus, although I am open
> to ATI as well.  So does anyone have any suggestions?  I want
> something with DVI.  BTW Tom's hardware has a good article on DVI:
>
> http://www20.graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041129/index.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt

unless you're an active gamer (and you don't sound like you are) pretty 
much any ati or nvidia card made in the past three years will probably 
be more than adequate for your needs.  newegg has a big selection of 
refurb cards for around $50 that have DVI output, that's where i'd go.  
if you're more concerned about prformance, go with nvidia.  if you're 
more concerned about open source, go with ati.

jason