Re: Good video card?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote:
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> Fortunately, a friend gave me an Nvidia Gforce FX5200, has 128 megs of
> RAM. This one is decidedly better for the 3D applications (beryl
> *almost* works). Although it's not state of the art (I was reviewing
> some of the writeups on current, bleeding edge graphics cards, and
> basically I was just floored -- those things are practically
> supercomputers...). Still, a 5200 or something similar might run you
> close to $50.

Make that $29 at NewEgg.

(You don't mention whether this is AGP 2X, 4X or 8X.  This *is* AGP,
right?)

I also vote nvidia.

All prices at NewEgg:

GeForce FX5500 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $48
Geforce FX5500 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X card  $51

For future use, though, I'd buy an OpenGL 2.0 card:
PNY VCG62256APB GeForce 6200 256MB GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X  $60

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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