Re: [Nolug] Need graphics card recommendation

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson_at_cox.net>
Date: 27 May 2002 23:23:20 -0500
Message-Id: <1022559800.13048.141.camel@rebel>

On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 20:48, Craig Jackson wrote:
> Hello All:
>
> I bought an nvidia geforce 2 mx 400 because it was on the supported list
> at redhat (I run Redhat 7.3) the dirvers load great and every thing
> looks great when it runs. BUT, every 12th to 15th startx the terminal
> freezes completely and there is no way out except to ^-alt-del or ssh in
> and shutdown -r now. I have the latest driver. I commented out the GPL
> and other lines in XFreeConfig-4, but still it happens.

Reboot when X freezes? Are you _sure_ you aren't running
MSFT?

ssh in and kill the X daemons...

> I) Can anyone help solve this mystery?
>
> OR
>
> II) Can anyone recommend a rock solid _cheap_ card that I can actually
> buy?

Do you do lots of 3D visualizations, or play lots of FPS?
If not, an nvidia TNT2 may be more than adequate.

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