Nvidia 9600?

Knapp magick.crow at gmail.com
Sat Aug 15 16:53:36 UTC 2009


>> (??), an 8800 GTS, and currently a GTX 260.  The only headache I had
>> was when I put the GTX 260

I am running 8.04 but if 4.3 makes the next new Kubuntu usable I might
be switching. Sadly I still can't stand KDE 4 and use 3. :-(

Is the GTX 260 way faster than the 9600?

>> > Does it work well with Linux? Is it worth the money? Is there a
>> > better pick? I prefer silent or passively cooled cards. The 7600
>> > was a terror in the noise department until I found i could just
>> > unplug the fan without heat problems (has been unplugged for 3
>> > years, NP). My hardest use of the card in with sculpting in
>> > Blender3d. Right now it is a bit slow when I get above 300,000
>> > verts.
>> >
>> > AMD 64 x2 on the slow end of them. Can't remember the exact speed
>> > right now.

Thanks again!

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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