On Sunday 20 May 2007, Jerry Houston wrote:
That's probably a pretty big question, but one I could really appreciate some help with. [...] The only remaining problem is that the onboard video really sucks, because it's running in default VGA mode. Perhaps with some research, I could find out how to get Linux to recognize it, but I figured that would be wasted effort if I'm going to install a 3D card of some kind anyway. So that finally brings me to my question for this esteemed assembly:
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! ============
What have you got to work with on the new mobo? AGP, PCI-x or just PCI? What is the onboard video? Maker, ram, specifics? It might be that someone here can walk you right thru getting it going nicely. I still prefer the ATI cards for ease of use and good Linux compatibility. If you go with something older, 92xx, 96xx or 98xx, you'll find that xorg supports those cards right out of the box! You won't have to give a lot of money for them either. They'll give you great 2d and 3d support with only xorg drivers, no need to install the ATI binary drivers. The models I listed only come in AGP models though and many 64-bit motherboards only have PCI-x type slots. regards, Lee -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org