Larry Stotler wrote:
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:25 PM, David C. Rankin
wrote: All of these cards can be picked up for less than $40 except for the 8600. Check gearsxs.com, ebay or pricewatch or pricegrabber. gearsxs and ebay tend to be the best for video cards. GearsXs often runs specials for NEW OEM cards in the $35 range.
gearsxs.com is a parked site. I THINK you meant gearxs.com.
BTW, I happen to like my crappy 6200. Cheap, but better than onboard(which my gigabyte board lacks anyway). :-)
Yes, Thank you larry. I did mean gearxs.com. Also, I don't mean to say the other cards won't work, they will. The only issue with them is performance. The nVidia chipset marketing was extremely deceptive in their version and release numbering. Many of the later cards were touted as faster, better, etc. However, when you look at the shrinking number of quality capacitors, and the shrinking core clock rate and memory clock rate along with the use of a narrower memory interface, you start to understand that the later cards in the ranges I set out were actually only really good for nVidia and card makers and not so good for consumers.... The cards were going through a "cheapening" process and it wasn't until you get to the 7800 series that you actually see performance come back to where it was with the 5900 Ultra. Take a look at the stellar specs of the 8400 chipset for instance. It is out performed by the GeForce 4 MX 440. The memory bandwidth is an actual real-world measure that is closely confirmed by the frame rates from glxgears. The letters game is also interesting to note. XT cards from ATI are the top-of-the-line series (not including specialty PE, GTO and other non-standards) while with nVidia, XT is bottom of the heap. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org