[plug] graphics cards and linux

[Caleb Duggan]

Do you thinks its possible that my card is running under really old  
drivers in ubuntu? - i havent changed the drives since i last setup  
ubuntu.........i dont really know how to update drivers in linux......

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 05:32:20 +0800, Senectus . <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/6/05, 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?
> I bought the $250.00 256mb version from PLE and it play just perfectly
> under linux.
> Nvidia has always been the premier choice for linux game playing.
> My only issue is that in Ubuntu drivers get out of date _fast_ and you
> need to manually update the drivers to cope..
>
>



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