Re: [MLUG] good video card choice to run Beryl?

[George Robb <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I second the nVidia choice...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814122008

Have this in a Dell GX620 running Beryl perfectly.

Keep in mind that it is PCI-Express

Hope this helps,

George

On Apr 4, 2007, at 11:22 AM, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> Jonathan King wrote:
> > I am trying to spec out a cheap-ish Linux box that, however, should
> > have graphics performance good enough to support the next-generation
> > GL-based GUIs, e.g., Beryl.
> >
> > As it happens, the possibilities seem to be pretty much infinite. For
> > all I know, you can get acceptable 3-D and GL performance out of one
> > of the Intel integrated graphics solutions, but it's not too easy to
> > find out whether this is true or not. Does anybody out there know of
> > any good solutions out there that are substantially better than
> > integrated graphics in the less than $150 range, or should I just not
> > bother optimizing this choice and instead just get a hideous  
> > amount of
> > RAM? :-)
> >
> > jking
>
> I cannot speak for the Intel solutions.  But I am currently very  
> impressed by the nVidia drivers for Linux and FreeBSD.  And if you  
> get something a little older, like their 5200 card, I think you can  
> easily meet your price range.  I must admit that I don't know  
> Beryl, but with bzflag - a GL intensive game - it performs  
> brilliantly.
>
> Stephen
>
>
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