On Sun February 10 2008 03:45:31 pm KS wrote: > Hi all, > > I am planning on assembling an AMD based system. I noticed that most of > the motherboards that I am looking at (socket AM2 or AM2+) do not > onboard video card. That isn't a problem as I will put a dedicated video > card in there. But I'm a bit confused as to which brand to go for: > Nvidia or ATI. > > I have had a 5700LE Nvidia card(AGP) and it has been working great with > it's proprietary drivers (and nv driver also). I got it almost 2years > ago. How has the graphics cards scene changed since then? Does ATI based > cards support 3D acceleration and are as easily recognized as Nvidia > cards? The ones that looked attractive (price wise) are: > > ATI: > ASUS EAH2600XT/HTDP/256M Radeon HD 2600XT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI > Express x16 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121082 > > SAPPHIRE 100220L Radeon HD 2600XT 256MB 128-bit GDDR4 PCI Express x16 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102708 > > MSI RX2600XT-T2D512EZ Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127298 > > as opposed to - Nvidia: > XFX PVT84JUDD3 GeForce 8600GT XXX 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150229 > > MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express > x16 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127284 > > XFX PVT84GUDF3 GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150228
I have always used an nvidia card myself, and they work well for me. I run a 5700LE also as well as a 6200 with 256mb. The drivers haven't been in testing for quite a while so if you use testing you'll need to get the packages from unstable. I find nvidia-kernel-legacy-96xx works well. I have been looking over the ati stuff lately though. They use the fglrx package and soon they will also have the aiglx packages (don't know much about these). I think my next video card will be an ati (owned by amd now I think) and see how it goes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
