akiratheoni
October 5th, 2008, 07:36 PM
I've never been a gamer really but I think it's time I get a decent video card. My computer currently has an Intel GMA 950 integrated so it's not the best.
I do have several games that I play every so often. The graphics card is the only portion of my computer that is really bad, I have 2GB of RAM and an Intel Core 2 Duo so the only thing stopping me from playing the games without too much lag is the graphics card. Perhaps I can get some of the better Compiz-Fusion plugins working, too.
Of course that means that I am currently dual booting with Windows Vista. But I'm certain almost every graphics card will support it so I don't need to worry about Vista. It's Ubuntu that I need to worry about.
Since nVidia support is pretty good on Linux (at least better than ATI) I think I'll go for an nVidia card. But I'm not really into the whole gaming scene so I know absolutely nothing about graphics cards and the models and everything.
The games that I play on my computer would be:
Halo (just the first one, not the second or third)
Counterstrike (1.6 and Source)
Morrowind
Postal 2
So I need a card that would at least play those games fine. The card should also be compatible with Ubuntu without a lot of trouble.
Also if I do get a card, can anyone explain the standard procedure for installing drivers for nVidia cards? Since I have an Intel GMA 950, there wasn't a whole lot of things to do nor did I have to install third party drivers... it just worked.
As for money, I just turned 18 so I'm getting some money from my relatives and my birthday party is this week. I'll be buying a 1TB hard drive so that would run me about $200... would a budget of around $120 or less be good for a graphics card? I don't know what constitutes a 'cheap' graphics card or anything of that sort. I've never had anything more than an Intel integrated card in all of my computers.
Remember, I don't need anything top of the line... just something that works. To summarize, it should:
Play the games I listed above
Be easy to work with on Ubuntu
Price range: Cheap as possible, but probably $120 or less would be good
Would be nice if it was quiet and doesn't require me to get a new power supply
Thanks everyone. If this isn't in the right section, feel free to move it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130085 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085)
^^ This card looks good, it has a decent review on Newegg and is quite cheap, does anyone have any experience with it?
I do have several games that I play every so often. The graphics card is the only portion of my computer that is really bad, I have 2GB of RAM and an Intel Core 2 Duo so the only thing stopping me from playing the games without too much lag is the graphics card. Perhaps I can get some of the better Compiz-Fusion plugins working, too.
Of course that means that I am currently dual booting with Windows Vista. But I'm certain almost every graphics card will support it so I don't need to worry about Vista. It's Ubuntu that I need to worry about.
Since nVidia support is pretty good on Linux (at least better than ATI) I think I'll go for an nVidia card. But I'm not really into the whole gaming scene so I know absolutely nothing about graphics cards and the models and everything.
The games that I play on my computer would be:
Halo (just the first one, not the second or third)
Counterstrike (1.6 and Source)
Morrowind
Postal 2
So I need a card that would at least play those games fine. The card should also be compatible with Ubuntu without a lot of trouble.
Also if I do get a card, can anyone explain the standard procedure for installing drivers for nVidia cards? Since I have an Intel GMA 950, there wasn't a whole lot of things to do nor did I have to install third party drivers... it just worked.
As for money, I just turned 18 so I'm getting some money from my relatives and my birthday party is this week. I'll be buying a 1TB hard drive so that would run me about $200... would a budget of around $120 or less be good for a graphics card? I don't know what constitutes a 'cheap' graphics card or anything of that sort. I've never had anything more than an Intel integrated card in all of my computers.
Remember, I don't need anything top of the line... just something that works. To summarize, it should:
Play the games I listed above
Be easy to work with on Ubuntu
Price range: Cheap as possible, but probably $120 or less would be good
Would be nice if it was quiet and doesn't require me to get a new power supply
Thanks everyone. If this isn't in the right section, feel free to move it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814130085 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085)
^^ This card looks good, it has a decent review on Newegg and is quite cheap, does anyone have any experience with it?