[plug] graphics cards and linux

Caleb Duggan caleb.duggan at gmail.com
Wed Sep 7 07:37:04 WST 2005


Ooops, didnt realize it was pci express...........*bashes head on  
table*.....it was late when i sent the post lol

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 22:01:13 +0800, Quintin Lette <qlette at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have the non light version and its fine under linux (inc 3d), but my
> guess is you probably want an AGP card (based on what its replacing,
> unless ofcourse you're updating the nainboard too)
>
> On 9/6/05, Caleb Duggan <caleb.duggan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've been playing America's army quite a bit lately and ive noticed that
>> it performs much better under windows than under linux.........i was
>> wondering if its that my graphics card isnt supported very well under
>> linux......the card is a Radeon 9200SE.......ive heard that radeon cards
>> dont perform aswell as nvidia cards in linux, is this true?.....
>>
>> Im thinking about buying a new graphics card soon anyway.......can  
>> anyone
>> reccommend an ok linux-friendly graphics card? i would like to spend  
>> less
>> than $200 on it.....was hopeing to spend around $150...
>>
>> At PLE, i saw the following card
>> VC NVIDIA GEFORCE 6600LE PCIe/256MB/TV/DVI #    $139
>> Would that be well supported in linux?
>>
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