Okay, I've decided to get a new video card and have narrowed it down to a ATI Radeon of some sort. The question is, which one? I see the 64MB DDR version for $150, but I hear the latest 8500 (also with 64MB of DDR) is faster than the GForce3 (at least in windows) for $200. $150 is really close to the top of what I would like to pay, but if the 8500 has more than twice the performance (which is what I hear on the windows side) then maybe it's worth it. The benchmarks out there are sparse, and are done with windows, so I would like to hear any experiences from the users on this list. QuakeIIIA FPS would be a nice benchmark if anyone can ;). Thanks! -- Nick Webb http://www.uidaho.edu/~nickw/
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Okay, I've decided to get a new video card and have narrowed it down to a ATI Radeon of some sort. The question is, which one?
An excellent choice, assuming you have an Intel-chipset motherboard! I'll not get into compatibility issues, as many of them have indeed disappeared with the maturing of DRI. If I were to ask this question, I'd first hit the DRI mail archives at: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=387 Somebody may have already done the research for you. I'm sure that the Radeon 8500 will work in 2D, but 3D may be an entirely different issue. The older DDR model is definitely a safer bet, but the 8500 may work beautifully. ===== -- -=|JP|=- Hit me! - http://www.xanga.com/cowboydren/ Jon Pennington | Debian 2.3 -o) cowboydren @ yahoo . com | Auto Enthusiast /\\ Kansas City, MO, USA | ICQ UIN 69 67 29 31 _\_V __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
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My Radeon 64M DDR works excellent under SuSE.
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