What's a good idea for a graphics card for someone who's NOT a gamer, but simply wants good responsive graphic output? And will be well supported by SuSE 10.2? With my present monitor, it only needs to support 1280x1024, but I wouldn't want to box myself in, in that regard.
I guess I'm looking for a recommendation of a "best buy" in this area, and it's not something I've had a lot of experience with. In my work, and at home, I've always had computers that simply came with adequate graphics cards to start with, so I've never been in the market before. What's a good card that Linux will find easy to work with?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
I recommend getting a mid line Nvidia card. I have been using an ATI 9600xt for a couple of years and the driver development leaves a lot to be desired - especially when it comes to getting the damn things configured and the kernel drivers into the sys. I recently updated my video card to a Nvidia 7800GS and was pleased at how well/easily (compared to ATI) the card drivers compiled and loaded. This was done the first time using a the downloaded install program. I rebuilt my system and used YaST2 repo to dl the drivers and it (apparently) did everything behind the scenes and automatically. I did run the "modprobe nvidia" command right after the driver installed and 3D worked after re-enter/starting the X sys. I checked the Xorg.conf file and the proper driver and extensions had been written to the file - so I rebooted and saw the Nvidia splash screen present itself - so overall pretty painless. You can get a 6800 series card for a fairly good/low price and that will most likely meet you needs and then some. Shop around and you'll likely find a deal! HTH, Curtis. -- Spammers Beware: Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again! I don't want a politician I can believe in. I simply want a politician I can believe! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org