OT: recommend fast 2D card?

[David Williamson]

On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 12:23 -0400, Chris wrote:

> I've always found the nVidia cards to offer excellent 2D performance.
> Are you using the slow build-in XFree "nv" driver or the "nvidia" driver
> from nVidia?

NVidia, not nv.  

> Also, what are you using to manipulate and/or view the images? What kind
> of processor are you running?  Those can effect also the performance
> (probably more-so than the video card).

gqview, P4 2.66 GHz, gig of RAM.

But the point is, all other things being equal, a faster card should
help.  I'm just curious if anyone has actually switched from a GeForce 4
to another card and personally seen a large increase in 2D speed.

david williamson