Re: [gentoo-user] Re: which video card for dell2005fpw

[michael@michaelshiloh.com]

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, michael@michaelshiloh.com wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
>
>>  On Monday, 23 January 2006 21:15, Simon Kellett wrote:
>> >  michael@michaelshiloh.com writes:
>> > > >  Depends a bit on what you want: basic stuff or 3d-gaming !
>> > > 
>> > >  Basic stuff. Not into games, and I don't watch movies on my computer
>> > >  either.
>> > 
>> >  Same as me then: I just bought the cheapest card with an nVidia chip,
>> >  AGP8 and DVI out at my local computer shop: ASUS V9400-X/TD / NVIDIA
>> >  (GeForce4) MX 4000 / 64Mb (but I only use 1280x1024). 39 Euros
>> >  now. Works for me :-)
>>
>>  You don't need a very fast card to watch movies. My Thinkpad T23 runs Xine
>>  very well with a Savage IX.
>>  I'd like to try X-Plane on Linux though - so I'm going to give a 6600GT a
>>  try.
>>
>>  Did not have good experiences with ATI however.
>
> Thanks for your advice. As I said, I do NOT plan to watch movies. My
> only concerns are (a) support for the dell 2005fpw monitor in its native
> resolution (which i've forgotten but it's widescreen format) and (b)
> well supported under gentoo.
>
> Tomorrow I will try to buy a 6600GT board.

Resolution is 1680 x 1050. I do need to make sure the 6600 can do this
with the Linux driver.
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