Re: [opensuse] Which Graphics card for openSUSE 11.4 and the future?

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 20:28, LLLActive@GMX.Net wrote:

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I seem to have some problems with openSUSE 11.4 and graphics cards. Mine are relatively old nVidia (GeForce GT 220) and ATI's (Radeon X550/ RV370/SapphireX550 Silent).

The nVidia card is suspect, I think an onboard memory problem. It freezes up irregularly. I want to replace it. [snip]

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Well, I'm fed up with these cards.

Please suggest the best fully supported Video card for openSuSE 11.4 �and other Linux and future versions.

Budget?

I'd stay away from anything called ATI. They are nothing but trouble from the get-go... especially if you want to play a game via Wine (or Crossover) once in a while (ATI are well known not to work well, if at all, with Wine gaming). I also had some problems - I also tend to nVidia. What happened to cards

On 06/07/11 21:21, C wrote: like Matrox etc. ? All seem to use either nVidia or ATI chips.

The proprietary driver is cumbersome (more so than the nVidia one), and they are infamous for dropping Linux driver support for cards that are hardly considered old.

I've got a nVidia GTX260, and it works flawlessly in openSUSE 11.4. The GT 200 is a very slow low end budget OEM card, so def not representative of what decent nVidia cards are capable of.

So... short of it is.. buy a decent nVidia card, and you should (in theory) be trouble-free in Linux.

C. I see what you mean with budget!

I am looking at something similar to what you have a GTX260 (about 165 Euro - $240) or a "Nvidia Geforce 8600GT Card with 2048MB TC DDR2 * 2GB PCI-Express , DVI, VGA , Direct X 10 , (8600 GT). It has to be 1 slot thick, because other cards are next to the PCIe. Most of the middle size cards are 2-3 slots for the huge heat sinks and fans. I will try it; can return it if it does not work. It cost 60 Euro ($87). I'm not a gamer, but like some power for videos. The openSuSE HCL does not show much on nVidia; the page is in a makeover. I ended up on this page: http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers :-) Al -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org