Good cheap video card?

[dilbert92]

Hi all!

I'm in the market for a new video card. I have around $100 to spend.
I needs to have good Linux/Beryl support, and it also needs to have dual DVIs. I just did some quick looking at Newegg and found this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131066).
Does that look any good??

Which is better, ATI or nVidia?

My computer specs:

Boistar TForce TF7025-M2
AMD 4000 X2
2 gig of ram
320 gig sda
Ubuntu Studio 7.04 (I want to upgrade, but I have not been able to)

Thanks in advance!

-Zakk

[n3tfury]

nvidia

[overdrank]

Hi all!

I'm in the market for a new video card. I have around $100 to spend.
I needs to have good Linux/Beryl support, and it also needs to have dual DVIs. I just did some quick looking at Newegg and found this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131066).
Does that look any good??

Which is better, ATI or nVidia?

My computer specs:

Boistar TForce TF7025-M2
AMD 4000 X2
2 gig of ram
320 gig sda
Ubuntu Studio 7.04 (I want to upgrade, but I have not been able to)

Thanks in advance!

-Zakk
Hi and I would suggest this page
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=leadtek&x=0&y=0
Just my opinion
And I am sure you can do a search on that card to see if any problems
Radeon HD 2600XT

[forrestcupp]

I just got a Radeon HD 2600 for my Windows machine and I love it.

ATI is working on their Aiglx support for Linux drivers so that Compiz/Fusion will work without Xgl. I don't know how well it works yet, though.

[dilbert92]

I was looking at this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122033) and this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122025).

One has 512MB of GDDR2 and a clock speed of 540 MHz.
And the other one has 256MB of GDDR3 and a clock speed of 590 MHz.

Which is better?

I'm thinking that any are going to be WAY better then my on board GPU now!

So, which is better for Linux, ATI or nVidia?

Somebody said ATI and somebody said nVidia. :lolflag:

Thanks for alll your help!

-Zakk

[n3tfury]

I was looking at this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122033) and this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122025).

One has 512MB of GDDR2 and a clock speed of 540 MHz.
And the other one has 256MB of GDDR3 and a clock speed of 590 MHz.

Which is better?

I'm thinking that any are going to be WAY better then my on board GPU now!

So, which is better for Linux, ATI or nVidia?

Somebody said ATI and somebody said nVidia. :lolflag:

Thanks for alll your help!

-Zakk

Nvidia has been better supported under linux. no contest. also, you have a PCI-E slot?

[ghandi69_]

In general, nVidia gets along with Linux MUCH better than ATI. For now I would stick with Nvidia, however, it seems within the past couple of months ATI has taken note of their poor linux support and has promised improvement.

As for a cheap card? If all your planning on doing is running Beryl with Fancy effects turned to the max, I would imagine anything from a Nvidia 6600GT to newwer would do you just fine. However, if you plan on playing 3D games ever, you might as well spend a few dollars more.

[overdrank]

I was looking at this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122033) and this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122025).

One has 512MB of GDDR2 and a clock speed of 540 MHz.
And the other one has 256MB of GDDR3 and a clock speed of 590 MHz.

Which is better?

I'm thinking that any are going to be WAY better then my on board GPU now!

So, which is better for Linux, ATI or nVidia?

Somebody said ATI and somebody said nVidia. :lolflag:

Thanks for alll your help!

-Zakk
Hi and the specs on that motherboard say that it has integrated graphics NVIDIA GeForce 7025 GPU
Have you tried to set them up. The board I have with nvidia 6100 runs good.

[n3tfury]

In general, nVidia gets along with Linux MUCH better than ATI. For now I would stick with Nvidia, however, it seems within the past couple of months ATI has taken note of their poor linux support and has promised improvement.

As for a cheap card? If all your planning on doing is running Beryl with Fancy effects turned to the max, I would imagine anything from a Nvidia 6600GT to newwer would do you just fine. However, if you plan on playing 3D games ever, you might as well spend a few dollars more.

i have a 6200GT (128MB) that runs compiz-fusion flawlessly and i can play BF2 on medium settings on a 22" wide with no issues (under windows of course)

[dilbert92]

No, I haven't tried to set it up. However, it alright. What I want the card for is dual DVI because I'm getting another monitor for Christmas.
Right now I have one DVI and one VGA.

How do I set it up? Almost every time I try to edit Xorg I end up reconfiguring it! LOL
I've tried to use the nVidia configuration tool. But it doesn't work.

I'm off to try to set them up.

Google here I come!

[bionnaki]

get a nvidia.

[forrestcupp]

So, which is better for Linux, ATI or nVidia?

Somebody said ATI and somebody said nVidia. :lolflag:

Thanks for alll your help!

-Zakk

No, don't misunderstand me. I said that the HD 2600 is a great card under Windows. In the Linux world, nvidia has always had much much better support. All I was saying is that ATI is working on fixing that and it is my understanding that their newest drivers support Aiglx compositing.

You'll have to study into how good their implementation of it is and how hard it is to get those drivers working in Ubuntu. I'm pretty sure that those drivers were released after the new software freeze in the Gutsy repos, which means you won't be able to have those drivers by using Gutsy's nice and easy automated ways. But I haven't tried it out, so you'll have to find people who have gotten it working to see if it's worth it.

Aside from all of that, the HD 2600 is a pretty good card for the low price.

[dilbert92]

My bad. Sorry.

I did some Newegging, and found this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150229).

What do you think?

Thanks!

[forrestcupp]

The Geforce 8600 is on the same level as the HD 2600. The benchmark tests I have seen put the Geforce 8600 ahead of the Radeon in anti-aliasing. Everything else is pretty similar. For Linux use, I would definitely go with the Geforce 8600. It's a good buy, a good card, and nvidia has proven themselves with Linux support. You will be able to run Compiz/Fusion with no problems with that card.

[dilbert92]

Thanks for all the info everybody!

I think I'm going to go with that card.

Thanks again!!

[NickGray]

How did a thread asking for a cheap video card... end up with a $130 purchase? I think it always works like that :lolflag:

Granted, you did need two DVI heads, so that probably drove the cost up. If I was looking for just one DVI output, do you have any Nvidia suggestions under $60? It would be great to run some Beryl apps when showing the computer off to friends.

[mips]

How did a thread asking for a cheap video card... end up with a $130 purchase? I think it always works like that :lolflag:


It's $99.99 after the $30 mail-in rebate so technically speaking it's still within his original budget ;)