Want dual head, great 3D, full Linux support
 

i have a fx 5600 for sale cheap 256 ddr
"Keith Clark" wrote in message
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So am I dreaming, or is it possible?

I'm building a new system, coming from a Matrox G400 currently (which has
rather poor GL performance).

I want to play games under Windows 2000, and be able to use all the
dual-head features and hardware GL support in Linux.

I heard There were some cards that did some or all of these things but I'm
having trouble finding one.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance...

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 02:22:33 +0000, KSlater wrote:

Well I know that my TI4200 works good with Mandrake linux without special
drivers. I have not tried Quake yet but 3D seems to be working.


Thanks! I was just looking at some benchmarks of the 4200 vs the 4400/4600
based cards on Anandtech. The 4200's are pretty reasonably priced, the
corner store (literally, 4 blocks from my house) has MSI cards, Ti4200
based for just over a hundred bucks, which seems really reasonable.

Which version of XFree86 are you running, 4.3?

Are you using it in Xinerama? Does nVidia give you a configuration tool or
do you need to tweak XF86Config by hand (that's one area where Matrox has
me spoiled).

Thanks again,
Keith



Kyle
"Keith Clark" wrote in message
...
So am I dreaming, or is it possible?

I'm building a new system, coming from a Matrox G400 currently (which has
rather poor GL performance).

I want to play games under Windows 2000, and be able to use all the
dual-head features and hardware GL support in Linux.

I heard There were some cards that did some or all of these things but I'm
having trouble finding one.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance...

You do? what the price?
"Paul" wrote in message
a...
i have a fx 5600 for sale cheap 256 ddr
"Keith Clark" wrote in message
...
So am I dreaming, or is it possible?

I'm building a new system, coming from a Matrox G400 currently (which
has
rather poor GL performance).

I want to play games under Windows 2000, and be able to use all the
dual-head features and hardware GL support in Linux.

I heard There were some cards that did some or all of these things but
I'm
having trouble finding one.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance...

I haven't tryed tweaking too much yet so I can't answer that. Nor do I know
for sure if the Dual head part works. I have an MSI card myself. but am
looking to upgrade to the FX 5900 hopefully.

Kyle
"Keith Clark" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 02:22:33 +0000, KSlater wrote:

Well I know that my TI4200 works good with Mandrake linux without
special
drivers. I have not tried Quake yet but 3D seems to be working.


Thanks! I was just looking at some benchmarks of the 4200 vs the 4400/4600
based cards on Anandtech. The 4200's are pretty reasonably priced, the
corner store (literally, 4 blocks from my house) has MSI cards, Ti4200
based for just over a hundred bucks, which seems really reasonable.

Which version of XFree86 are you running, 4.3?

Are you using it in Xinerama? Does nVidia give you a configuration tool or
do you need to tweak XF86Config by hand (that's one area where Matrox has
me spoiled).

Thanks again,
Keith



Kyle
"Keith Clark" wrote in message
...
So am I dreaming, or is it possible?

I'm building a new system, coming from a Matrox G400 currently (which
has
rather poor GL performance).

I want to play games under Windows 2000, and be able to use all the
dual-head features and hardware GL support in Linux.

I heard There were some cards that did some or all of these things but
I'm
having trouble finding one.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance...