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    [Solved] Suggestions for graphics card wanted

    hello!
    I'm using a Aopen XC cube with a built-in graphics card on the motherboard. This curcuit died last week so now I'm looking for a graphics card with AGP-bus and passive cooling that works neat with Linux. Preferrably 128-256MB and not too expensive ofcourse. All hints appreciated!
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    #2
    Re: Suggestions for graphics card wanted

    look here.

    Just keep in mind it is a very low end card...but the price is right. I would try to find a nvidia 8600 that is agp.

    mm0
    Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop<br />Intel T9300 Core2Duo Processor @ 2.5Ghz<br />4 GB Ram | 1920 X 1200 Resolution<br />2 X 160 GB SATA HD Internal<br />Nvidia GeForce 8600M Graphics Adapter<br />Using Kubuntu 9.10
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      #3
      Re: Suggestions for graphics card wanted

      Did that open-source video card ever come out or did that project go poof?
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        Re: Suggestions for graphics card wanted

        AGP bus is going to be a problem, I think, for new cards. I'd look for an Nvidia card on E-Bay, and then research it to make sure it is AGP. If you can a 5000 or 6000 series chip with AGP connection, then that should work just fine. Don't forget to disable the onboard chip, either in BIOS or with a jumper, if that's how it needs to be done.
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          Re: Suggestions for graphics card wanted

          dibl...does the 5000 series work with the new xorg? I was thinking it needed to be 6000 series or newer?

          mm0
          Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop<br />Intel T9300 Core2Duo Processor @ 2.5Ghz<br />4 GB Ram | 1920 X 1200 Resolution<br />2 X 160 GB SATA HD Internal<br />Nvidia GeForce 8600M Graphics Adapter<br />Using Kubuntu 9.10
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            Re: Suggestions for graphics card wanted

            There seems to be a bit of a "logic problem" that you have to work through -- I personally haven't dealt with a card older than the 7000 series, so I'm only reporting what I read.

            First, you have to review the 8.10 release notes:

            http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/810

            particularly "nVidia "legacy" video support:

            The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, are not compatible with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10. Users with the nVidia TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 chipsets are affected and will be transitioned on upgrade to the free nv driver instead. This driver does not support 3D acceleration.

            Users of other nVidia chipsets that are supported by the 173 or 177 driver series will be transitioned to the nvidia-glx-173 or nvidia-glx-177 package instead. However, unlike drivers 96 and 71, drivers 173 and 177 are only compatible with CPUs that support SSE (e.g. Intel Pentium III, AMD Athlon XP or higher). Systems with older CPUs will also be transitioned to the nv driver on upgrade."


            So that says you can't run the proprietary driver on any chip earlier than the 5000 series, if I understand it correctly. The second paragraph is about the CPU capabilities, which affects its ability to run the driver correctly.

            Having digested this much, you then have to review the nVidia's driver page to see which drivers support which GPUs:

            http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

            It will default to your CPU architecture and GPU series, but you can set it for anything you want. I set it for a GeForce 5 FX series, 32-bit Linux, and it says the correct driver is 173.14.18. So, knowing that, you can re-read the *buntu release notes, check the specs on your CPU wrt SSE support, and see what is possible wrt the new Xorg in 8.10.
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              Re: Suggestions for graphics card wanted

              Thanks for all replies!

              Originally posted by dibl
              AGP bus is going to be a problem, I think, for new cards. I'd look for an Nvidia card on E-Bay, and then research it to make sure it is AGP. If you can a 5000 or 6000 series chip with AGP connection, then that should work just fine. Don't forget to disable the onboard chip, either in BIOS or with a jumper, if that's how it needs to be done.
              Q: I do have a PCI-slot for an external soundcard I seldom use. (It has better sound than the one on the chip-set but no surround sound and I can't bother to switch back and forth since I'm not dj-ing any longer.) Would it be wiser/possible to use this slot for graphics instead? As you can see I now barely nothing about graphics cards. Thanks for assuring me that I can control the graphics from the bios, I haven't seen any jumpers on the motherboard. Just one problem... from the moment the computer starts I have about 2 minutes before the graphic-chip on the motherboard dives into a purple-green matrix-rain.
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                Re: Suggestions for graphics card wanted

                I have an older Nvidia
                VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
                running Jaunty with the 173 drivers and it is working very well. It even runs compiz, as long as I keep it to 16 bit color.

                The PCI slots you have are not PCI-ex, which is what the newer video cards want. Since I could use a little faster AGP card myself I did a little looking around today for something cheap and workable. This looks pretty good to me.
                http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...y=REVIEWS#tabs

                and there are other 6600 and 7600 cards available in AGP. Google "nvidia AGP" and you will find a few.
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                  #9
                  Re: Suggestions for graphics card wanted

                  Problem solved!
                  It turned out that it was something with the bus for my RAM-memory that caused the problem for some strange reason.

                  thanks for help!

                  Anders
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