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<P>Hello.</P>
<P>I use an NVidia geforce 2. You can download Linux drivers from their website. You need to kill X and log in as Root. then edit your XF86Config file as directed in the documentation. Don't forget to add the line:....... <STRONG>option "NvAgp" "0" </STRONG>underneath the "Driver" line in your XF86Config file. doing this will disable NVidia's Apgart driver, which has been known to cause stability problems especially with the VIA chipset.</P>
<P>Incidentally NVidia's latest Linux release has now fixed that problem.</P>
<P>Good luck.</P>
<P>Gary <BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Simon A. Boggis" <SIMON@DCS.QMUL.AC.UK>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: Greater London Linux Users Group <GLLUG@GLLUG.ORG.UK>
<DIV></DIV>>To: Greater London Linux Users Group <GLLUG@GLLUG.ORG.UK>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [Gllug] Which graphics card?
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 19:49:35 +0000
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 16:52, Tethys wrote:
<DIV></DIV>> > Richard Cohen writes:
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > >Depending just how picky you are - it's only the newer ATI cards which
<DIV></DIV>> > >have been more closed. I've got a Radeon 9000 Pro which works fine with
<DIV></DIV>> > >XFree86/DRI drivers, 2D and 3D... Check the dri wiki for details of support
<DIV></DIV>> > >for particular models.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Yes, I have. Everything up to the 9200 is supported. When they initially
<DIV></DIV>> > announced their drivers, ATI apparently claimed that they'd still release
<DIV></DIV>> > programming info to those wishing to write free drivers. However, that
<DIV></DIV>> > never seems to have happened, so we're stuck with binary only drivers :-(
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Tet
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>We've been buying radeon 9000 (pro?) and lately 9200 for a while at
<DIV></DIV>>work, and they seem to work fine - I run a 9000 on desktop at work and a
<DIV></DIV>>8500 at home using Debian Sarge and/or Sid using the dri-trunk packages
<DIV></DIV>>from dri.sourceforge.net.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 If
<DIV></DIV>>[Radeon 9000] (rev 01)
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R200 QL
<DIV></DIV>>[Radeon 8500 LE]
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Performance great, have played FreeSpace2 and return to Castle
<DIV></DIV>>Wolfenstein fine. At work it's a bit wasted, but at least I can enjoy
<DIV></DIV>>microseconds of impressing everyone with skyrocket and my glxgears frame
<DIV></DIV>>rate <:
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Simon
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