<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On 23/12/2007, Farran <<A HREF="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com">fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On 23/12/2007, Farran <<A HREF="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com">fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On 23/12/2007, Farran <<A HREF="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com">fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> On 23/12/2007, Farran <<A HREF="mailto:fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com">fazzy.baboon@ntlworld.com</A>> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE> Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec? <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> =============================== Farran Lee I'm only 15 :P </TD> </TR> </TABLE> -- <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</A> <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</A> <A HREF="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> What do you mean? -- Kris Douglas       Softdel Limited Hosting Services       Web: <A HREF="http://www.softdel.net">www.softdel.net</A>       Mail: <A HREF="mailto:kris@softdel.net">kris@softdel.net</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the technical details section, iy says what it supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10 and OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed. Would you think that as I am running Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage anyway? For example, <A HREF="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+1024MB+PCI-E+?productId=29836">this one</A> doesn't have OpenGL on it. Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card <IMG SRC="cid:1198441583.3137.47.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":P" BORDER="0"> - under £90, DDR3, 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a DVI-I. Thank you <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> =============================== Farran Lee I'm only 15 <IMG SRC="cid:1198441583.3137.47.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="bottom" ALT=":-P" BORDER="0"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> -- <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</A> <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</A> <A HREF="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux, really... -- Kris Douglas       Softdel Limited Hosting Services       Web: <A HREF="http://www.softdel.net">www.softdel.net</A>       Mail: <A HREF="mailto:kris@softdel.net">kris@softdel.net</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> alright then, ta. Will pick one now. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> =============================== Farran Lee I'm only 15 <IMG SRC="cid:1198442695.3137.51.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="bottom" ALT=":-P" BORDER="0"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> -- <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</A> <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</A> <A HREF="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> =] -- Kris Douglas       Softdel Limited Hosting Services       Web: <A HREF="http://www.softdel.net">www.softdel.net</A>       Mail: <A HREF="mailto:kris@softdel.net">kris@softdel.net</A><A HREF="mailto:kris@softdel.net">\</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> I'm gonna go with <A HREF="https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+1024MB+PCI-E+?productId=29836">https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+1024MB+PCI-E+?productId=29836</A>, don't think it's got a VGA output though. Thanks for all the help <IMG SRC="cid:1198443470.3137.55.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":D" BORDER="0"> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> =============================== Farran Lee I'm only 15 <IMG SRC="cid:1198443470.3137.56.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="bottom" ALT=":-P" BORDER="0"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> -- <A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</A> <A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</A> <A HREF="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</A> </BLOCKQUOTE> You get a VGA converter, normally a couple.... dont worry about that. -- Kris Douglas       Softdel Limited Hosting Services       Web: <A HREF="http://www.softdel.net">www.softdel.net</A>       Mail: <A HREF="mailto:kris@softdel.net">kris@softdel.net</A> <TT>-- </TT> <TT><A HREF="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</A></TT> <TT><A HREF="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</A></TT> <TT><A HREF="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</A></TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> oh good. Going to get the same monitor as my parents, Hanns-G HW173. 17" TFT LCD, 8ms response. On the box it said VGA and DVI inputs, but there's only VGA. Probably because it's from Novatech <IMG SRC="cid:1198444443.3137.60.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="middle" ALT=":P" BORDER="0">. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> =============================== Farran Lee I'm only 15 <IMG SRC="cid:1198444443.3137.60.camel@debianbella" ALIGN="bottom" ALT=":-P" BORDER="0"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>