Video Card Recommendation

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

> I am planning an upgrade to my humble Linux Box. I would like your input
> regarding this video card:
>
> http://www.gainward.net/products/product.php?products_id=61

I have a 5200FX with 256MB RAM (I think it's very similar to the
proposed one) and it works fine in Linux. However, if you plan to use
3D stuff, I guess you'll end up installing nVidia's closed-source
driver which works fine. In fact, Novell's Xgl is wonderful and this
card can drive it extremely well.

> Any of you have experiance with it on Ubuntu 6.06.1?

Yes, this is the distro I'm currently using.

> Maybe another recommendation?

ATI has better open-source driver support, but as a personal
preference I prefer nVidia.

> I am not a gamer, so I don't need anything too strong, but I wouldn't mind
> it to be more advanced for the future - I can always move it to my next
> computer.

This card is more than enough and, if you're not a hardcore gamer it
will be more than enough.

> I use my box to surf the net, watch videos and play logic games (Pingus,
> XLogical...) not anything fancy.

I've use a TNT RIVA 2 for doing that kind of stuff, so the card you
proposed will do that and much more.