I've been having problems with my video recently to the point that when I boot the machine the screen stays blank (no bios messages, nada). I'm suspecting that my 4 year old Radeon VE is playing out. It could be some other problem, but I'm going to try replacing the video card just to see if that fixes the problem. From years of reading on this list, I get the impression that Radeon (ATI) is not looked upon as being of the same quality as NVIDIA. Maybe I'm wrong. And maybe there's some other brand that's considered even better. I'd like to get some recommendations from the
So that's 4 for Nvidia and (I'll say) 1 for Radeon -----Original Message----- From: Rui Santos [mailto:rsantos@ruisantos.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:48 AM To: SuSE Mailing List Subject: Re: [SLE] Need Video Card Recommendation Greg Wallace wrote: list
on what brand to buy. I'm running on a desktop machine so I need a small form factor card, which I'm sure most companies make. All recommendations greatly appreciated.
Hi Greg, I recently replaced my NVIDIA FX5200 on SuSE10.0, with a NVIDIA 7600GS on SuSE10.1 ( matched with the SuSE upgrade ). They both worked as the should. I've always preferred NVIDIA to ATI. Just to mention one, it was always the best money / performance relation. But ATI is also a valid graphics card. They are on the same level as NVIDIA. Check TOM's hardware Guide - You can find some useful information there. http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html Rui
Greg Wallace
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