liquidzoo Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Ok... I'll keep that to mind then when I buy my next video card? Which one would you remember that pretty descent and in the 40-70 bucks range for linux? You can get a GeForce4-MX440 for about $45 in the states (if that's where you are). Probably less if you shop around. I know of one site found here that has the GeForce FX 5200 (not the Ultra version, though) for $75US right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plati Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 You can get a GeForce4-MX440 for about $45 in the states (if that's where you are). Id probably shy away from the MX440 in this day and age if you are planning on being able to play more current games such as Far Cry or UT2004. The MX440 will handle them ok, but if youre going for a GeForce4, stay in the Ti range instead of the MX's. The main thing separating these cards is that the Ti versions have a Hardware T&L (Texture and Lighting) chip, whereas the MX cards will use processing power to render texture and lighting. Even going for the baseline GeForce4 Ti, which is the Ti4200 would be fine. Just as long as you have that Hardware T&L ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowFoxLSU Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 THe Geforce 4 MX cards are based off of the Gforce 2 tech... avoid Gforce <anything> MX. If you want a good cheap card, try to find a 5200 Ultra (do not get the non-ultra version though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiftDeath Posted April 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 I kinda partly started a new topic about the TI 4200 in the hardware section. So I can begin to try a good, descent gaming linux comp. Because I like the idea of free operating systems and not crashing capalities that windows doesn't have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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