[Gllug] Video card recommendation

[Richard Cohen]

On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 robin.c.smith at bt.com wrote:

> I'm going to build a new box, it will have to dual boot to Windows 98 so
> that I can play Grand Prix 3 and various pre-school MS based games.
>
> I know the entire spec. for the box except that I know nothing about the
> current state of the video cards that are supported and available. What is
> the best Linux open source supported video card for less than 100 quid? I
> don't need anything special like TV out or dual head.

I would suggest Matrox - it's worth getting 32Mb, which means the dual head
(no-one seems to have single-head versions...) G450 with 32Mb RAM is what
you want.  Should cost around £90 including postage from a couple of places
online (CCL, Aria, Dabs).

> Regards
>
> Robin Smith

Cheers
Richard


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