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$200 graphics card

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> need help selecting a graphics card for a new system i am building. I
> don't run games,  but kids might play a few.

You might want to look into an NVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS or the geForce 2 MX as both of these are supported in Linux and the drivers are readily available at Nvidia's web site. The MX is the "Value" version of the GTS. The GTS Runs great on my Linux box. The prices are dropping considerably on these cards as well…

$200 graphics card

> Get a GeForce2 MX card.  They can be had for under $200 (usually around
> $100-150), and offer excellent 2D and 3D performance at a very attractive
> price point.  These cards are sold by a variety of manufacturers under
> various trade names, so do a little shopping first.  Try www.pricewatch.com.

Definitely! I just built a new system which is an athlon 1g, 384mb of memory, 17g scsi drives. I included a GeForce 2mx 32mb card. My only issue was an inclination of X 4.0.2 to crash under the 2.2 kernels at odd times with the nvidia drivers in place or without. I downloaded and compiled the 2.4.4 kernel and selected athlon/duron optimizations and the crashes have stopped completely. I am playing a few nice games on this system now including descent3, simcity 3000, and soon Quake III arena and Alpha Centauri. Thanks Loki!

The 2MX cards can be found on Yahoo for around $139. I would also consider, if you are running X4.0.2, a ATI Radeon 32mb DDR card. These are well supported now as well. I found one of these for $159.

Michael Perry