[Gllug] Reasonable graphics card for light 3D / compiz in Ubuntu Jaunty

[Adrian McMenamin]

On Sun, 2009-08-09 at 18:46 +0100, general_email at technicalbloke.com
wrote:
> general_email at technicalbloke.com wrote:

> > So... if any of you have a Jaunty setup + current PCIe gfx card that is
> > happy with Google Earth (and general 3D) I'd appreciate a
> > recommendation. My monitors native res is 1280x1024 VGA only and I don't
> > play games so it really doesn't have to be anything special. I suppose I
> > can live with proprietary drivers too as long as they work solidly.
> >

> >   
> Oh yeah I forgot to mention, my system is pleasingly quiet right now so
> I'd prefer one that doesn't have a honking great jet engine of a fan on
> it if poss! :)
> 


I have one of these things:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX
5500] (rev a1)

Cheap as chips these days I think. Not particularly noisy either, though
not something you'd use in an audio studio, but the cpu fans are louder.

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