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new gfx card

  • 04-11-2004 4:54pm
    #1
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    After years of thankless struggle with my graphics card, things have gotten worse instead of better, to the stage that I can't even watch a low grade AVI without constant jerkiness.
    I've decided to bite the bullet and buy a new gfx card.

    Two questions thus:

    1) where can I find a reliable guide to hardware compatibility with linux? I'm thinking of going for the Geforce FX5200 128MB DDR TVout AGP but need to be absolutely sure it's properly supported and that the TV out port will work with an nVidia driver. I'd also prefer not to have to arse around for weeks tweaking config files.

    2) what's the correct procedure for installing a new card? Plug it in, boot up to the default vga/vesa driver and then install or can the driver be installed before inserting the card? How do you tell linux (Mandrake in particular) what driver to use? Is it as easy as picking the driver from a list in mandrake hardware manger or do I have to hack the XF86Config-4 file?


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  • #2
    mambo50
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭mambo50


    I would recommend nvidia. I have a GF4 Ti 4200 and never have any problem with either the open source nv drivers or the closed source nvidia drives. Not sure about TV out though.


  • #3
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    There is a great linux resource called Linux Questions It's basically a very popular forum dedicated to linux problems and questions. They have a Hardware Compatibility List section (or HCL), it's available here. People post about a particular piece of hardware and how compatable it is, and how to get it to work (if needed). You should check it out.

    Video cards are pretty important to games, so you check out some linux games forums/site.

    It's not very hard to change your XFree86.conf (or Xorg.conf) file.


  • #4
    nadir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,419 ✭✭✭nadir


    i have a ti4200
    works fine, glx, tv out , twinview(clone) etc.
    dont get a 5200 though, go for something above the 5700fx.
    Theres no problem installing it, just stick it in the agp slot, grab the kernel module and glx driver, install em and make any changes you need to XF86Config, that's it.


  • #5
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    Likewise, Go nvidia.
    I've an old GeForce2 MX 400, and both nv and nvidia's own driver work fine.
    TV out works really well under nvidia.o. I run it into a UHF modulator and add the feed to the TV signal entering the house, so I can display and hear anything the PC can play on any TV set in the house. (Hmmm, maybe I need to go and listen to some soothing music, or go for a swim or something.)

    NiallB


  • #6
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    As I've no interest in gaming or 3D rendering, is there any real need to spend more than 50-70 euros on a new card?


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  • #7
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,741 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Syth wrote:
    There is a great linux resource called Linux Questions It's basically a very popular forum dedicated to linux problems and questions. They have a Hardware Compatibility List section (or HCL), it's available here. People post about a particular piece of hardware and how compatable it is, and how to get it to work (if needed). You should check it out.

    Video cards are pretty important to games, so you check out some linux games forums/site.

    It's not very hard to change your XFree86.conf (or Xorg.conf) file.

    Thanks very much, that HCL section looks to be just what I'm after. The reviews are generally very good, though no mention of the TV-out bit and there seems to be or have been some issues with 2.6 kernels. I asked for an update.


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