Good opengl supporting nvidia graphics card?

[dragos240]

Hi,

I play games sometimes, and I'm currently experimenting with blender, so sometimes 512 vram isn't enough, by Bday is coming up, and I want a nvidia graphics card that supports openGL. Anyone know of a good one?

[Mmmbopdowedop]

I didn't know Vram mattered that much in Video cards these days, I mean, yeah, I can understand it mattering to some extent, but my 1gb nVidia card doesn't compare at all to quite a few of the modern cards, even if they are only 256mb.

When buying a Graphics card myself, I tend to just buy one that's in my budget, I bought a 9600gt the other week, whilst it isn't really the best of graphics cards in the world, it does what I need to do really well.
It plays quite a few games on full-settings, every Linux game i've tried runs fine, every DirectX game i've tried runs fine and it was only £60 new from Maplin.
You may think, meh, it sucks, but it plays Gears of War perfectly and various other games, I don't know why i'd want to pay more.

Don't spend too much for something you won't be putting to full use, testing out Blender doesn't require you to spend £250+ just to render a few images, it'll still be the same outcome, not dependant on render time.

[dragos240]

I didn't know Vram mattered that much in Video cards these days, I mean, yeah, I can understand it mattering to some extent, but my 1gb nVidia card doesn't compare at all to quite a few of the modern cards, even if they are only 256mb.

When buying a Graphics card myself, I tend to just buy one that's in my budget, I bought a 9600gt the other week, whilst it isn't really the best of graphics cards in the world, it does what I need to do really well.
It plays quite a few games on full-settings, every Linux game i've tried runs fine, every DirectX game i've tried runs fine and it was only £60 new from Maplin.
You may think, meh, it sucks, but it plays Gears of War perfectly and various other games, I don't know why i'd want to pay more.

Don't spend too much for something you won't be putting to full use, testing out Blender doesn't require you to spend £250+ just to render a few images, it'll still be the same outcome, not dependant on render time.

If vram doesn't matter, then what does? I want to have my games run a bit faster, something the average gamer would use, it just has to support openGL.

[swoll1980]

I didn't know Vram mattered that much in Video cards these days,.

It matters for screen resolution. If you want to run hardware intensive games, in HD, with out a frame rate hit, you need alot of vram.

[swoll1980]

If vram doesn't matter, then what does? I want to have my games run a bit faster, something the average gamer would use, it just has to support openGL.

I believe they all do. What's your price range? The GTX 250 is what I run. It supports open gl. It runs about $125, and is everything all, but the most hardcore gamers would ever need.

[dragos240]

I believe they all do. What's your price range?

Around $300, a little over is fine.

[zekopeko]

I personally am looking at a GT250 w/ 1GB. Its basically a rebranded 9800GT+ or something like that. Its not too expensive either.

[swoll1980]

Around $300, a little over is fine.

GTX 260, and your golden.

[|{urse]

Lol I'm going to sound VERY outdated w/ my favorite linux compatible gfx card. The the geforce fx 5500 256mb is my fav and it runs everything I've thrown at it so far beautifully. Runs about $40 on newegg.

[|{urse]

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?sourceid=chrome&q=geforce+5500&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=6989741957877731339&ei=nfeWS7LhMZDz8QamtbG3Dw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBQQ8wIwAg#ps-sellers

[zekopeko]

GTX 260, and your golden.

Make sure to get the Core 216 version.

[dragos240]

Make sure to get the Core 216 version.

Why?

[cascade9]

The core 216 version has a 216 shaders and 72 texture mapping units, standard- 192/64.

It wont make a huge difference, but its worth getting the 216.

[forrestcupp]

Lol I'm going to sound VERY outdated w/ my favorite linux compatible gfx card. The the geforce fx 5500 256mb is my fav and it runs everything I've thrown at it so far beautifully. Runs about $40 on newegg.

Those are still $40?

If you want to talk about very outdated, I just worked on someone's computer that had a geforce 2 mx 400 in it. The bad thing is that I remember when those were decent video cards. Do you remember when voodoos were top of the line?

[cascade9]

Those are still $40?

If you want to talk about very outdated, I just worked on someone's computer that had a geforce 2 mx 400 in it. The bad thing is that I remember when those were decent video cards. Do you remember when voodoos were top of the line?

Yeah, they are still $40. Getting an nvidia AGP card isnt exactly easy these days, and its better than a 5200...just.

I remember voodoo 2s being 'OMG you paid HOW MUCH for that thing?'...and then drooling over them running 'unreal'. I also remember when the voodoo 1 came out. Not that they were common.

[ubunterooster]

I just heard nvidia saying that due to fan problems all geforce carsd should be taken out of linux computers.

[swoll1980]

I just heard nvidia saying that due to fan problems all geforce carsd should be taken out of linux computers.

The bug you are speaking of affects Windows machines running a particular driver. It was said the bug may effect 10.04 users, but mine has not climbed over 50 degrees, and that's running it on the performance setting.

[cascade9]

I just heard nvidia saying that due to fan problems all geforce carsd should be taken out of linux computers.

LOL. You are kidding, right?

There is a bug with some of the newer drivers with linux/BSD (195.xx I think) but its pretty easy to roll back the drivers.

nVidia wouldnt ever say you should take out all the nVidia cards from linux computers...it would be a very bad business move if nothing else.

[swoll1980]

LOL. You are kidding, right?

There is a bug with some of the newer drivers with linux/BSD (195.xx I think) but its pretty easy to roll back the drivers.

nVidia wouldnt ever say you should take out all the nVidia cards from linux computers...it would be a very bad business move if nothing else.

He offerd this link (http://maximumpc.com/article/news/nvidia_removes_linux_solaris_drivers_due_overheati ng_bug) as proof. MaximumPC not to be confused with NVIDIA, and "NVIDIA recommends rolling back drivers" not to be confused with "Remove your cards!!11111"

[cascade9]

He offerd this link (http://maximumpc.com/article/news/nvidia_removes_linux_solaris_drivers_due_overheati ng_bug) as proof. MaximumPC not to be confused with NVIDIA, and "NVIDIA recommends rolling back drivers" not to be confused with "Remove your cards!!11111"

Exacltly.

Heh, even if I was using the 195.xx.xx drivers, it wouldnt be an issue for me. Fanless 8600 GT :D

[swoll1980]

Exacltly.

Heh, even if I was using the 195.xx.xx drivers, it wouldnt be an issue for me. Fanless 8600 GT :D

I'm running a GTX 250 in 10.04, and it's as cool as the other side of the pillow.

[cascade9]

GTS 250. There is no GTX 250 (told you on on a different thread I'm a hardware monkey LOL)

[swoll1980]

GTS 250. There is no GTX 250 (told you on on a different thread I'm a hardware monkey LOL)

Yeah GTS, I keep wanting to say GTX

[forrestcupp]

Yeah, they are still $40. Getting an nvidia AGP card isnt exactly easy these days, and its better than a 5200...just. I wasn't thinking about how rare AGP cards are. That geforce2 mx 400 I was talking about was a conventional PCI card. I don't even think you can buy those anymore, can you?


I remember voodoo 2s being 'OMG you paid HOW MUCH for that thing?'...and then drooling over them running 'unreal'. I also remember when the voodoo 1 came out. Not that they were common.
My voodoo 2 card came with Turok the Dinosaur Hunter made to only run with a 3DFX card. I couldn't believe how awesome it was. I tried that game again about a year ago and couldn't believe how much it sucked.

[cascade9]

I wasn't thinking about how rare AGP cards are. That geforce2 mx 400 I was talking about was a conventional PCI card. I don't even think you can buy those anymore, can you?

What, MX 400 or PCI cards? PCI cards are still pretty common, if not used that often- they still make them because virtually every x86 computer since the 486 days has a PCI slot.

As for the MX 400- well...yeah. Actually, just for fun, check this-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139150


My voodoo 2 card came with Turok the Dinosaur Hunter made to only run with a 3DFX card. I couldn't believe how awesome it was. I tried that game again about a year ago and couldn't believe how much it sucked.

Old games tend to lose thier gloss, dont that? Well, 1st person shooters do anyway, I'm still play "X-com- enenmy unknown" *Xcom - UFO defence in the US) a good 15 years after it came out. Civ2 and Colonisation still get the odd spin as well....

[forrestcupp]

What, MX 400 or PCI cards? PCI cards are still pretty common, if not used that often- they still make them because virtually every x86 computer since the 486 days has a PCI slot.

As for the MX 400- well...yeah. Actually, just for fun, check this-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139150

Wow! And it's still $32.99 plus shipping. What a great buy. A card like that shouldn't be more than $15.00.

[cascade9]

I can see why you would say that..and while I hardly think that the GF2 MX 400 is a great card anymore, its the cheapest PCI video card at newegg-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1069609642&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=48&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

They actually want $38 for the same card with TVout. A PCI 8400 GS is $55, where a PCIe 8400 GS is (literally) half the cost.

PCI video cards are always more expensive. Which is a pity, I've got a few old 'corporate' boxes with no AGP that could do with a nice PCI video card, but they are out of my price range here (PCI 6200 here is $85, 8400 is $115) AGP isnt exactly cheap now either, its $28 for a FX 5200 that isnt much better than the old MX 400). At least I've got a few old AGP cards hanging around, including a GF 2 MX 400 and a FX 5200 LOL, I can use on boxes that have AGP