On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 09:35:06AM -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm shopping for a new video card and have (more or less) setteled on one > with the nvidia geforce4 chip. From the nvidia site, I notice that the > video cards are made, not by nvidia, but by other manufacturers. On their > site they list: ABIT, Aopen, Asustek, Chaintech, eVGA, Gainward, Jaton, > Leadtek, MSI, PNY Technologies, Prolink, Visiontek and XFX. I looked at > a comparison on Anandtech and didn't notice anything noteworthy there. Any > opinions on these card makers? ...or am I missing something???
Some of the manufacturers will tend to target a community that likes to tinker and overclock their cards. The cards may have faster memory chips on them or bigger fans. Some of the cards have no fans at all. This was at least the case with the GF2 line. I ended up choosing a card that didn't have a fan since I didn't want to add noise and had no intention of ever overclocking it. You'll probably also find different memory configurations amongst different manufacturers. Lastly, check the vendor's web site. Some offer up to date nVidia drivers and some don't. nVidia supplies just *reference* drivers and does not support using them on OEM hardware - that's certainly true for Windows drivers and I don't know if that policy has changed for Linux drivers. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
