Graphics card recommendation?

[Joe Kazura]

On Jun 10, 2009, at 6:50 AM, Clemens Eisserer wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> If you can part with around $40 US, you can find nVidia Quadro FX  
>> 2000 cards
>> that will knock your socks off (yes, OVERKILL).
> Depends, just because its called Quadro doesn't mean its fast.
> Some of my collagues have Quadros which are identical to Geforce-6200,
> barely capable of playing any games.

That's very true!  The Quadro 4 series of cards are quite old at this  
point.  That's why I was specific and did not generalize that ANY/ALL  
Quadro cards would be a good choice.

It also depends on whether the game uses or relies on OpenGL for  
rendering.

>> Other options would be an nVidia 'consumer' class card - GeForce FX  
>> 5200 (or
>> higher, like 6200, etc.) w/128MB or more RAM.
> I can't recommend a 5200, its not even supported by latest drivers.
>
> Short: If you like to play OpenGL games, go for a serious NVidia card.
> If not, the radeon's will give you an excellent 2D experience, without
> the fear of loosing official driver support.

I completely DISAGREE with the Radeon option.  I have several Radeon  
cards getting dusty because they were so bad I couldn't even play  
Aisleriot SOLITAIRE ... Radeon HD3450 512MB, HD2400 Pro 512MB, x1300  
256MB, x300 128MB ... not to mention the more sophisticated, 3D OpenGL  
TORCS 'game'.

I have used the built-in X11 drivers, I have used AMD/ATI proprietary  
drivers and the builds from RPMFUSION ...

I has been my documentable experience that Radeon cards lag behind  
nVidia cards on Fedora (core 9, 10 & 11 on x86_64 hardware, 3+GHz P4  
HT, Dell GX280).

   Joe Kazura

> - Clemens
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