[plug] PCI VGA cards

[Chris Caston]

On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 21:26, Craig Ringer wrote:

> 
> It's worth noting that price and 3D performance does not necessarily
> equate to good 2D workstation performance. Buy one of each if you can -
> you might find the Rage is faster. At worst you're out fifty bucks for
> an extra card, and at best you've saved $50*nwkstns - $100 if the Rage
> proves the better choice.


I honesty think I've have to see a side-by-side demo before I believe
that the video card makes that much of a difference on the desktop. I
accept that I well be wrong on my view (I often am) but I often think
that many people to get depths to improve things that many people
wouldn't even notice.

I do, however,like:

* faster RAM (with increased FSB on mobo)
* faster harddrives (I ALWAYS notice the difference)
* better swap space management
* better kernel code (like in 2.6)
* faster nics (gigabit)
* compiled init scripts ;)

Video cards and faster processors don't really woo me I tend to get
inbuilt video and the cheapest Athlon :)

However back on topic of video cards. If you did a benchmark Craig is
very possibly right. The expensive cards probably have very good DirectX
support or something along those lines which is probably nought on
Linux.

I would also take drivers into consideration (although I've never used a
video card that Kudzu didn't detect) a better driver will get full use
out of the hardware especially if it works with the kernel you want.
> Oh - and do tell us what you eventually get, especially if you try both.
> 
;)
> Craig Ringer
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