What video card to buy...

[lol]

Well in another post I was speaking of a problem with my current video card, which works in WinXP but not in Linux. I have gave up on that problem due to the fact that I think the card sux anyway. So, I'm getting a new card, needs to be PCI w/ 32MB.

I have found several on Pricewatch for under $40. Most of them are TNT2 64M models, one is an ATI Radeon 7200 PCI 32Mb. Problem is, I have looked at the manufacture's web sites and they do not seem to have (downloadable) linux or XFree86 drivers. I don't want to buy a card that is not going to be compatible, but I don't want to spend a lot either.

Anyone know if these cards are supported under linux? I believe TNT2 is nvidia but I'm not sure.

[Penrich]

Yes please advise!!! I am having trouble with my mpact integrated video thingamabob (see *my* previous post in this [edit : no, the tech support] forum) and am starting to think about a new video card! For me, it need to be PCI also, and 32 MB would be more than sufficient.

Cheers.

[michaelk]

Check your distro's website for their hardware compatibility list.

[bwkaz]

Yes, the TNT2's are nVidia cards, and you will be able to use the nVidia drivers with them. You'll even get 3D support. Wow, what a deal ;)

The Radeon 7200 should work, but no guarantees on its speed (then again, the TNT2 chipset is really old, and is guaranteed to be slow, so yeah). Use the "radeon" driver in XFree86 4.2.0 or newer, and you shouldn't have any problems. Set up DRI properly (basically, this involves Load "dri", Load "GLcore", Load "glx" (maybe... I don't remember now), and then later, using Driver "radeon". Then add a Section "DRI" with one line in it: Mode 0666 (and then the required EndSection).

Boot up X with these settings in the config file, and run glxinfo; you should have direct rendering.