Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-05 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 01:28:54AM +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > This is because I have just got woody, and aparently I, as a newbie, > have to figure out how to install & compile a special driver so woody > can talk to the on-board four mb of memory on my Intel 82815 video > card. I sure wou

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-05 Thread William Ballard
On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 01:28:54AM +, Scotty Fitzgerald wrote: > I'd just like to know what video card works best "out of the box" with > debian. Do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86. Look at the choices for video drivers which are there. Google for video cards which work with those drivers

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-05 Thread Scotty Fitzgerald
I'd just like to know what video card works best "out of the box" with debian. This is because I have just got woody, and aparently I, as a newbie, have to figure out how to install & compile a special driver so woody can talk to the on-board four mb of memory on my Intel 82815 video card. I sur

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-02 Thread Mike Chandler
On Friday 01 October 2004 07:28 pm, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Greetings list, > I would like to hear what models and brands of nVidia > cards the list members use and what their experiences > with those have been. My card is a Radeon 9000 Pro > 128 MB that cost US$ 85 in July '03. I am looking f

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Kenward Vaughan
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:28:05PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Greetings list, ... > What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Partly > because I am sick of ATi, and partly because my nForce2 > motherboard will hopefully be a bit more compatible > with the nVidia card than it has been wit

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Roy Pluschke
On October 1, 2004 20:29, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Paul Johnson wrote: > > <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> > > > > Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. > > > > Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even > > crappier driv

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Paul Johnson wrote: <#secure method=pgp mode=sign> Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphics performance. I believe the

Re: [OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Paul Johnson
<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What I would like to do is get an nVidia card. Mistake du jour! You'll only spend more on the nVidia for even crappier drivers. Just get a newer Radeon if you want graphic

[OT] Video card recommendations.

2004-10-01 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Greetings list, I will make this short. Basically, I am fed up with my Radeon video card. Driver support from ATi sucks, I can hardly play America's Army or Neverwinter Nights. When I can play them, I am stuck with very low quality compatibility textures. I have tried several dri-trunk packages