[linux-help] Re: Recommendation for a video card.

["Koji Hayakawa" <sylf@xxxxxxxxx>]

I can't speak from my own experience, but this is what I just read on
another LUG ML recently.  Couple users there defended the quality of Matrox
2D card against nVidia or any other 3D card for the clarity of the screen
drawing.  No, they don't do anywhere as good for doing 3D rendering.  But
from what I've ready so far, that's not important in your office.  And these
forementioned users argued that it really helps to be able to stare at the
crystal clear screen provided by Matrox cards, compared to other, more
modern, cards they've tried on the same box.

Again, this isn't my first hand experience, so I can't tell how much
difference there is in quality.  But I wanted to share this, since the topic
was so close in nature.

Koji

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Hall
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 2:49 PM
> To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Recommendation for a video card.
>
>
>
> Now that I have a working email client, let me back Steve's suggestion for
> going with a Matrox card.  I've used a few Matrox cards in the
> past and been
> happy with them, and the word I've heard is that Matrox makes some of the
> best 2D cards out there.
>
> Alternately... you could use Debian instead ;)
>
> -- Jonathan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clint Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-help@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 4:04 AM
> Subject: [linux-help] Re: Recommendation for a video card.
>
>
> >
> > I know, but of the 3 responses I received one, 2 were questioning if I
> > really meant what I said in my question.
> >
> > I've noticed that lately is becoming more common, when people ask
> > questions.
> >
> > I could understand if someone was clueless and didn't give enough
> > information.
> >
> > Another example recently was when someone had problem with installing an
> > rpm, one suggestion was to use debian instead.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-help-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Anne McCadden
> > Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 9:27 PM
> > To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [linux-help] Re: Recommendation for a video card.
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, you didn't say why, PCI video cards are getting rare and AGP is
> > much more common, but ISA video cards are much more rare.  I have a PCI
> > 16mb video card in use right now, but when it becomes available I could
> > let you know, that is if you haven't already found another PCI video
> > card.  All my other PCI video cards are 4mb or less.
> >
> > Clint Brubakken wrote:
> >
> > >well, I guess i could be ISA, bought I thought PCI would be faster. It
> > >has on board AGP, so theoritically I might be able to sodder in a agp
> > >card, but thats beyond my knowledge.
> > >
> > >
> > >On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 22:00, Anne McCadden wrote:
> > >
> > >>Does it have to be a pci video card?
> > >>
> > >>Clint Brubakken wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>I need a good, pci, 2d card that works with linux and X.
> > >>>
> > >>>I was thinking like getting an ATI 16 or 32 meg card (has 3d, but
> > >>>hard to find it without).
> > >>>
> > >>>This is for me workstation, I will mainly be editing code and viewing
> >
> > >>>web pages,with it.
> > >>>
> > >>>Thanks, Clint
> > >>>
> > >>>
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