Re: [techtalk] video cards

2001-01-18 Thread mezanin
Oh I forgot to put my recommendation -- heh -- I like Nvidia a lot. =) Even though they're not open source, yet, they have been really good with their hardware development. They get my support. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.

Re: [techtalk] video cards

2001-01-18 Thread mezanin
> I asked around, though, and a LOT of people had experience with nVidia > cards. I have a big problem with nVidia cards, despite my non-rmsian > tendencies: the binary kernel module. I don't think I have the patience to > wait around for nVidia to decide they're ready to support a new kernel, > n

RE: [techtalk] video cards

2001-01-17 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
Should have mentioned that. I will at least be playing some Quake 3, my husband is already excited to go head-to-head. Thanks :o) -nicole At 14:53 on Jan 17, Angela Nash combined all the right letters to say: > Do you plan to run games? That's the only time you really need the kernel > drive

RE: [techtalk] video cards

2001-01-17 Thread Angela Nash
Do you plan to run games? That's the only time you really need the kernel drive for the Nvidia cards. I have Nvidia TNT2's and GeForce cards in all my Linux systems (Debian and others). They work just fine with XF4. I've used the binary kernel module on several kernels with no problems. I lik