If you're looking for a cheap nVidia card, I just ordered an AGP GeForce 6200 from Newegg for $44. If it is as described, that's a decent card, even for low end gaming.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/8/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Dave J. Hala Jr.</b> <<a href="mailto:dave@58ghz.net">dave@58ghz.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I think the kernel installation issue basically boils down to a pathing<br>thing. I think it might be possible to make a symlink to the driver<br>when doing a kernel update. However, I really hadn't had a chance to<br>play with it...
<br><br><br>:) Dave<br><br>On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 10:26, David Champion wrote:<br>> If you use a distribution that includes the nVidia drivers, you should<br>> be able to do a kernel update without any problems. I can do this with
<br>> Mandriva (I think this may only be in the Powerpack edition, not in the<br>> Discovery edition that's free to everyone), and I'm sure others (maybe<br>> Suse?) do this as well.<br>><br>> Ideally it would be nice if nVidia would release their driver as OSS,
<br>> but they're not going to for business reasons. They do offer very good<br>> support for Linux drivers. If you use the version you download from<br>> nVidia's web site, you just run a script - it will go download the
<br>> latest version, build the modules and you're good to go.<br>><br>> BTW - the latest nVidia driver supports up to the GeForce 7900 cards.<br>> I'm just going to guess that Dan isn't in the market for a $500+ extreme
<br>> gaming card, so anything in the "reasonable" price range should be<br>> supported.<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8756.html">http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8756.html
</a><br>><br>> -dc<br>><br>> Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:<br>> > I'm using the nvidia driver on an old mx400 card with redhat enterprise<br>> > workstation 3.x without issue. I've never had a lockup or any other
<br>> > problems.<br>> ><br>> > The only pita is that when I do a kernel update, I need to do a driver<br>> > update/reinstall too.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 08:52, Jerry Heiselman wrote:
<br>> ><br>> >>I agree with the nVidia assessment. They may be closed-source for<br>> >>their drivers, but they seem to be willing to at least help out the<br>> >>open-source community. I have never had any issues with nVidia in
<br>> >>Linux, just make sure you get a bit older of a card.<br>> >><br>> >>Jerry<br>> >><br>> >>On 5/8/06, Nathan C. Smith <<a href="mailto:smith@ipmvs.com">smith@ipmvs.com
</a>> wrote:<br>> >> Don't be afraid of nVidia even if it is proprietary. It works<br>> >> well. (I<br>> >> suppose that is what is on your Dell machine at work no that's
<br>> >> I've said<br>> >> something nice about it)<br>> >><br>> >> Also, Matrox is still available - although they might be more<br>> >> in the 2D<br>
> >> high-performance area.<br>> >><br>> >> Probably the best thing to do is find a card that is not too<br>> >> new and has<br>> >> good OpenG/L support?
<br>> >><br>> >> -Nate<br>> >><br>> >> > -----Original Message-----<br>> >> > From: Daniel A. Ramaley [mailto: <a href="mailto:daniel.ramaley@DRAKE.EDU">
daniel.ramaley@DRAKE.EDU</a>]<br>> >> > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 10:30 PM<br>> >> > To: <a href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">cialug@cialug.org</a><br>> >> > Subject: [Cialug] graphics accelerator
<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> > My current primary computer at home is about 8 years old.<br>> >> > I've decided<br>> >> > it is time to build a new one. Since i last built a machine
<br>> >> > it appears<br>> >> > the graphics card industry has gone through quite a<br>> >> > shakedown, leaving<br>> >> > just ATI and nVidia. And as far as i can tell so far, both
<br>> >> companies<br>> >> > are opposed to open source. Are there any modern graphics<br>> >> > cards with 3D<br>> >> > acceleration that have open source drivers?
<br>> >> ><br>> >> > After the experience of running an ATI closed-source driver<br>> >> > on my Dell<br>> >> > computer at work, i do not want any proprietary garbage on
<br>> >> my home<br>> >> > machine. When using the proprietary driver on my work<br>> >> machine<br>> >> > it is the<br>> >> > most unstable Linux box i've seen in years; about once a
<br>> >> week<br>> >> > i have to<br>> >> > SSH in and reboot it because the graphics card decides to<br>> >> > wedge. There<br>> >> > is an open source driver that i also use. When using the
<br>> >> open-source<br>> >> > drive i give up 3D acceleration and some 2D performance in<br>> >> > exchange for<br>> >> > the usual rock-solid stability that open source offers. I'm
<br>> >> just<br>> >> > wondering if there are any cards out there where such<br>> >> > sacrifices do not<br>> >> > have to be made. It looks like there is a group trying to
<br>> >> > design a card<br>> >> > to work wonderfully with open source (Google "open-graphics"<br>> >> > for info),<br>> >> > but it looks like they are a few years from production
<br>> >> hardware, if<br>> >> > they ever get there.<br>> >> ><br>> >> ><br>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------
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