Thanks Felipe, Actually, I have a Riva TNT 2 (M64) with 32 MB RAM, but I was unable to set it up to run 3D stuff. I mean, when trying to play game such as Solar Wolf or Maelstorm the display was really slow - unplayable... I am sure I miss configured something... Can someone point me to a HOWTO regarding the installation / configuration for that card? Thanks ! <div>On 8/24/06, Felipe Alfaro Solana <<a href="mailto:felipe.alfaro@gmail.com">felipe.alfaro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> > I am planning an upgrade to my humble Linux Box. I would like your input > regarding this video card: > > <a href="http://www.gainward.net/products/product.php?products_id=61">http://www.gainward.net/products/product.php?products_id=61 </a> 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. -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com"> ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> -- :====================================================:. Amichai Rotman UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 [<a href="http://counter.li.org/">http://counter.li.org/</a>] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLEASE READ: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html</a> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------