On Fri, 2007-11-23 at 22:56 +0100, Terje J. Hanssen wrote:

Bryen wrote:

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I'm looking to get a new graphics card to support my new 24" LCD monitor. I don't want to spend alot of money and I'm not looking for fancy latest and greatest whiz-bangs. What cards have you seen out there/used that are reasonably low-priced, support 1920x1200 resolution, and can do the 3D stuff?

I'm leaning towards nvidia as the brand name, but now I'm interested in which models are best.

At least my NVIDIA Quadro FX550 can be used with 1920x1200 resolution both with the included driver and Nvidia's native driver on my Dell 2405FPW panel. Looks also like 3D desktop effects is enabled with the latter, although I haven't got Compiz/Xgl to work yet (haven't tried so hard either). Last time I looked, FX550 wasn't on the support list. Maybe you need a higher model to be sure.

IF you want to use 3D windows manager like compiz-fusion go with nvidia, with ATI I only had problems. I do not know about the new ATI. I have an nvidia 8800 GTS and I love it. The laptop has an intel in the mobo and also works great with compiz. For 2 D the ATI was great. -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Linus says: The good news is that a lot of hw manufacturers are actually doing the right thing. Intel in particular has improved wrt open source a lot, and for that reason I tend to suggest that when buying a machine, just make sure that you buy one with Intel graphics and wireless. That takes care of the two biggest annoyances right there. (see http://www.apcmag.com/7016/linus_torvalds_talks_future_of_linux_page_2 ) On Nov 23, 2007 4:11 PM, Jason Craig wrote:

Bryen wrote:

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I'm looking to get a new graphics card to support my new 24" LCD monitor. I don't want to spend alot of money and I'm not looking for fancy latest and greatest whiz-bangs. What cards have you seen out there/used that are reasonably low-priced, support 1920x1200 resolution, and can do the 3D stuff?

I'm leaning towards nvidia as the brand name, but now I'm interested in which models are best.

I also have a 24" LCD at 1920x1200. I'm running with an nvidia 7200 gs, but only because a friend gave it to me because he decided not to build a new computer. I'm looking for a better one now, but the 7200 is dirt cheap, runs my LCD just find and the drivers in 10.2 and 10.3 are just fine. For 3D, I can play Day of Defeat source at native resolution, but that may be partially due to the fact that the rest of my computer outperforms the card.

--Jason

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NVidia works. Don't touch ATI.

paul

Bryen wrote:

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I'm looking to get a new graphics card to support my new 24" LCD monitor. I don't want to spend alot of money and I'm not looking for fancy latest and greatest whiz-bangs. What cards have you seen out there/used that are reasonably low-priced, support 1920x1200 resolution, and can do the 3D stuff?

I'm leaning towards nvidia as the brand name, but now I'm interested in which models are best.

Same here. Bought my computer with a Radeon 7000. That could not support my 1600x1200 screen, then bought a 9200 that worked well with the

Paul Hands wrote: propriatary ATI drivers, then after just one year, ATI decided to drop support for this "old card" in new versions of x.org. Now I finally got an Nvidia. Installation took less than 10 minutes to get 3D and compiz perfectly working and I finally got some time to smile about all the ATI problems that are discussed on this list. ;-) Having been burned, I definitely will not touch ATI for the foreseeable future. kind regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org