You can try finding an old GF4/4XXX or GF5XXX on ebay. (Or any other discount store) Both will just fine with the binary nVidia drivers * , and should be pretty cheap to find. * The binary nVidia driver is known to cause problem with older AGP chipsets, such as VIA's. Can you post your machine configuration? Gilboa On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 19:03 -0400, jack wallen wrote: > On Fri, 2005-09-09 at 01:58 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote: > > It greatly depends on what you need to do with the machine. > > Do you plan on running games or any other 3D software? Do you run > > demanding graphical applications? > > In general, anything nVidia (I'd stay clear of GF4MXs) will work just > > fine using the nVidia binary drivers (from nvidia.com) > > Older ATI Radeons also seem to function OK, but their level of > > performance (and support) in no-where near the level of nVidia cards. > > > > But again, all of this depends on what you need. > > Gilboa > > > > thank you so much. the primary apps i use are: > > Scribus (creating some fairly large pdf documents) > gimp (creating and editing images for the above) > Open Office > > and then the assortment of internet goodies and various and sundry > things. > > i do play Neverwinter Nights now and again as well. > > thanks again for all your help. > > > > > On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 16:48 -0400, jack wallen wrote: > > > anyone have a suggestion for a good video card (not high end) to use > > > with FC4? i do a lot of graphics and DTP. thanks. > >
