[TriLUG] PCI graphics card recommendation

Glenn Hennessee Glenn_Hennessee at ncsu.edu
Tue Aug 7 09:38:33 EDT 2007


I got a NVIDIA GeForce 5200 ($50) and it works great. Thanks to all all 
who responded on this.
glenn

Jason Evans wrote:
> Glenn,
> 
> I used a Geforce 440 MX PCI card for a while.  In the days of the Geforce 3
> and 4, the MX was the "budget" card, but it worked fine and at the time, I
> didn't have a AGP slot either and I know it came in the PCI variety.  It
> could even play games like Enemy Territory, Bzflag, and Counterstrike with
> it.
> 
> Jason
> 
> On 8/1/07, Glenn Hennessee <Glenn_Hennessee at ncsu.edu> wrote:
>> I'm putting together a linux (KUBUNTU) workstation for doing x-ray
>> crystallography for some people here at work. The computer is nothing
>> fancy, 800 MHz PIII but it only has the i810 graphics on the
>> motherboard. I'm seeing video lockups, that only a reboot fixes.
>> Googling tells me that that are problems with the i810 drivers that can
>> result in this sort of behavior. Can someone recommend a PCI (not AGP,
>> no AGP slot) graphics card for this beast?
>>
>> Thanks.
>> glenn
>>
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>> NC State University
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Glenn Hennessee
Department of Chemistry
NC State University
Raleigh, NC 27606
Voice: (919) 515-2947 FAX: (919) 515-8909
Email: Glenn_Hennessee at ncsu.edu




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