XFX Nvidia 8800GT
Richard
richrock at nerdshack.com
Fri Feb 29 09:44:59 UTC 2008
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From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Loïc Martin
Sent: 28 February 2008 11:06
To: Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
Subject: Re: XFX Nvidia 8800GT
Leo Noordhuizen a écrit :
> Ok... I gave up and returned the card.After following almost all
> advise
> which resulted in a resolution of 640x480 or a completely distorted
> screen, I decided that this card had to go. Im back to the 8500GT
which
> is recognized fine and works, (not THAT fast though).
> Maybe I will try another brand of 8800GT based card. Or a non NVIDIA
one.
>
> ANY suggestions ? (In the same price-range) Or shoudl I wait for the
> now
> moderately-priced 9000 series Nvidia card ?
>
> Leo
>Your best bet would have been to try an Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) alpha CD
>install on a separate partition.
>I don't have any 8800GT, but from experience all models with the same
>chipsets would provide the same results. So waiting till Hardy is
>released (en of April) would hopefully allow you to use any 8800GT (but
>since the 9xxx series are just being released, it's not sure they'll be
>supported in Hardy.
Hi,
FWIW, I run Ubuntu 7.10 on a Pentium D, with a 8600GTS OC installed. No
probs at all. Makes Compix a treat, and I can play UT2004 too! I just
used the default restricted drivers. So I think that the opinion that
'same chipsets would provide same results' would be slightly misleading.
I only went for the 8600 for budget reasons, yet my flatmate tried
Ubuntu on his, and he's got a BFG 8800GTX 768mb card. And that worked
too. (Shame he's so dependent on windows)
Just my 2c worth on this.
Rich
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