jmanjeff Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 (edited) it is time to get a new video card i have read so many reviews to day i am down to ATI 9800xt 128 mb or NVIDIA GeForce FX5900XT 128 mb what do you think and why My system is CPU XP2100 Ram 786 MB Msi K7n2 Delta dual boot XP & Mandrake 10 Thank's for any input Edited August 23, 2004 by jmanjeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 In my opinion NVidia cards are much easier to deal with in Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Nvidia all the way. It has excellent Linux support. ATI as far as I know, and seen, not a good choice for Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 nVidia is usually best. However, Not all nVidia cards are liked by Mandrake. This usually boils down to who made the card. My FX 5200 is a Leadtek Winfast, and Mandrake does not like it, unless, it is on an nForce2 mobo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 23, 2004 Report Share Posted August 23, 2004 Really? I also have an fx 5200 and works fine on my asus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 for the record, there are some nvidia GeForceFX6800's out now, and they will run circles around basicaly anything that isn't an FX6800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmanjeff Posted August 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 for the record, there are some nvidia GeForceFX6800's out now, and they will run circles around basicaly anything that isn't an FX6800 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes i know that but i only have 200 to spend not 500 + Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 I have been using Nvidia before it became popular to use Nvidia. They are the best in linux. I also have a fx5200 that is excellent. I would buy anything you can afford in the fx chip series of nvidia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 I have an nvidia FX5700 - VERY happy. Doom 3 plays smooth, everything rocks. I am also an Nvidia fan, but not all of the opinions on this thread are correct: ATI boards work just fine. I had one in a past system and I had no problems with it really. Just as easy, if not easier, to use than nvidia. The reason I stick with nvidia though is just raw power and speed. ATI were on top not too long ago, but when it comes to value for money, nvidia are the shiz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeeDubb Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 It's about percentages realy. There certainly are some ATI cards that work great in linux, but not all of them. If it says nvidia on the box, it will work with linux. ATI and nvidia made a choice. ATI chose to support certain models on linux, and nvidia, chose to jump head firt into the linux pool and provide support for every single thing they make. That's why I 'choose' to use nvidia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Really? I also have an fx 5200 and works fine on my asus. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can only report my personal experience. Please note that I stated this card is a Leadtek Winfast! Mandrake 9.1 Powerpack install absolutely refuses to work with it. Mandrake 10.0 CE Powerpack's install works. However, when it starts X at boot, I get a bunch of garbage on the screen (this is with my Chaintech 7VJL Deluxe Apogee). The same card works in Mandrake on my Gigabyte GA-7N400-L. Though it can take 10 installation attempts before install no longer hangs at Installing Bootloader. However, the eVGA GeForce 4 MX440SE 4X Dual VGA NEVER had this problem. No problem at all. So, I am stating that not all cards are equal, even though they may have the same graphics chip. I got the Leadtek Winfast A340 GeForce FX 5200 8X, 128 MB for my CGI system, until I can afford a Quadro FX 500. (Gigabyte mobo) My Internet and general usage system has my Chaintech mobo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmanjeff Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 Orderd today MSI NX6800-TD128 GeForce 6800 it will be so much better then my OLD geforce 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 (edited) That thing should rock; I'm jealous . Post back with your results when you get your new card. Also, the power reqirements for that card are pretty heavy; make sure your psu is big enough to handle it. Edited August 29, 2004 by pmpatrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axel_2078 Posted August 29, 2004 Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 I have an nVidia Geforce 2 in my main computer and it works great and I've never had any problems with it. However, I have an ATI Radeon 9000 in my laptop and it's a complete pain. Finding a working driver is next to impossible. Linux works fine on it, but XP doesn't like it much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmanjeff Posted August 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2004 I have an nVidia Geforce 2 in my main computer and it works great and I've never had any problems with it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I dont have any problems with my Geforce 2 but that it is slow FPS in the new games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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