[Eug-lug] good (low-end) graphics card?

[Gabriel Merritt]

Hal,

I'm not sure what low end means for you, but I've been running Nvidia cards for about three years now and have had high compatibility with Linux.  Nvidia actually provides a proprietary driver (for free) that you can download, build and install as a module.  If you aren't going for the 3D acceleration, then the standard "nv" drivers provided by most distributions (including Ubuntu) should work.  I've seen Nvidia based cards on New Egg and Tiger Direct for less than 50 dollars.  That being said, NextStep has plenty of old S3 Virge cards lying around for like less then 10.  You might be able to find one there that will get you up to 1680x1050.  I've also had high compatibility with Linux and the S3 Virge chipset.  The last Nvidia card that I had that ran perfectly under Linux was a 6800 GT.  Now I'm running an 8600 GT and have problems with the native Nvidia driver due to incompatibilities with my mother board.  I can still use it under Linux, but no 3D acceleration.

Hope this helps!

- Gabriel

Hal Pomeranz <hal at deer-run.com> wrote: I'm in the market for a graphics card (PCI Express) for running a
fairly generic Linux (Ubuntu 7.10) desktop.  I'm not planning on
gaming or other rendering-intensive tasks-- just normal desktop use,
some streaming video, etc.  At a minimum, it needs to drive a 24"
widescreen monitor at 1680x1050 resolution.

Who are the Linux-friendly graphics companies these days?  I'm out
of the loop on this...  Thanks!

-- 
Hal Pomeranz, Founder/CEO      Deer Run Associates      hal at deer-run.com
    Network Connectivity and Security, Systems Management, Training
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