[ubuntu-in] PCIe Graphics Card for ubuntu

[Shashank Bharadwaj]

Hi All,

First of all thanks for your replies.

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Onkar Shinde <onkarshinde at gmail.com> wrote:
> You could buy any one from 9xxx series. I am not sure though if they are PCIe
> cards.

Yeah, don't think they are PCI-E

> If you are ready to shell some more money get ones from 16xx or 19xx
> HD series. They have support for HD resolutions and have drivers in
> Ubuntu which give at least good 2D support.

Well the ATI X1650 cost more about Rs.4,500, that a bit too much for me.

> In case you have found some fortune anywhere and want to use it to buy
> graphics card then buy the latest from Radepn HD series like 3xxx or
> 4xxx.

This option is ruled out!

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Mani A <a.mani.cms at gmail.com> wrote:
> Radeon HD1550 is supposed to be work well on 'radeon' too. 3D is
> possible in this range, but see below. Radeon 2400 is also good
> Radeon 3450 (512MB) and a newer 4xxx card cost <3k, but most others will be >8k

Yeah, Radeon HD2400 is priced at Rs.3,000. I hope I'll be able to afford it.

> A problem with Ubuntu is that the X-... is too old and all these will
> work far better on distros like Fedora9 and above on Open source
> drivers. Most of these cards have on-board RAM from 128MB to 1GB.
> Prices depend on that too.

hmm, will keep that in mind.

So finally for me I think it's either ATI Radeon HD2400 or some second
hand card on ebay.


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Shashank
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