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

[Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>]

I'll have to see what my boss says, as its for my pc at work


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On Behalf Of Jeff Vian
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:19 PM
To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [linux-help] Re: Recommendation for a video card.



Clint,

I have 2 used cards.
One is a Matrox Millenium II.
the other is a 64+ Eon.
Both have either 8mb or 16mb on them (They are not in use right now so I

can't check that).

Both have worked well for me.
The price is right as well ( $5.00 OBO for either one ). :-)

Clint Brubakken wrote:
> 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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