Re: [OT] graphics card

Date : Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:21:41 +0100
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : "Stefan Andersson" <sanders3d(at)gmail.com>
Subject : Re: [OT] graphics card
One thing that I wonder is how it performs with dual screens. I've
seen the 6800GTX do well under Windows, but then not so great under
Linux (hence why I want to hear for the linux people).

And I couldn't care less about directX and Vista :)

regards
stefan andersson


On 11/9/06, Alan Jones <skyphyr(at)gmail.com> wrote:
On a side not Nvidia have just released the 9269 driver for linux
which has support for most of the latest stuff :-) Seems quite spiffy
so far :D

Cheers,

Alan.

On 11/9/06, Stefan Andersson <sanders3d(at)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
> Sorry for the non XSI specific question, but in a way it's related :)
>
> I'm especially eager to hear for the Linux users about this. I'm about
> to do a little hardware upgrade. And even though I'm happy with my
> Quadro4, it's a AGP and doesn't fit in the newer motherboards.
>
> So... should I go with
>
> a.) QUADRO FX 1500
>
> or
>
> b.) GEFORCE 7950GT
>
> The quadro card is about 1.8 times more expensive, but given how long
> my quadro4 has lasted in performance I'm almost willing to pay that
> extra.
>
> Any thoughts anyone?
>
> regards
> stefan andersson
>
> p.s. ATI Linux users may also answer....
>
> regards
> stefan andersson
>
>
>
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