-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 May 2007 06:19:12 -0500 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 05/27/07 00:58, David Fox wrote: > [snip] > > 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?) Yes, this is AGP 4x/8x. And while it doesn't need much in the 3d department, enough to run googleearth would be nice. > 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 Thanks for all the suggestions. Jacob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGWee6kpJ43hY3cTURAmMKAKDQRwgJfRCPGPCwJR1w85FI8a1zgwCcCiS0 7xaiBHt2ssJpJ+XrlslWzwg= =ETIy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
