[olug] looking for bargains

Jon thechunk at home.com
Mon Aug 27 16:42:16 UTC 2001


Glad you asked.  here is the run down.
the 29 is usually to get hardware based on s3 or old ati boards.  Frankly these cards were designed as much as 5 years or more ago.  A card based on radeon or geforce chipsets are less than a year old.  the difference between the budget and high end cards is usually less than 25% in performance.  OK so the price difference is 21 dollors.  Here is what I think you will get for that 21 dollars 
1. driver support ( either open or closed source for geforce 2 mx 400  for linux and good closed drivers for all versions of windows).
2. agp bus ( I really don't think it is a big deal but anyway)
3. play latest games for next 2-3 years ( I know this isn't a big deal to you but hey it is true)
4. companies still in business so drivers / support will exist ( S3 has folded )
5. the new geforce is extremly low power consumption.
6. you will get 32mb of vid memory.  You can support just about every resolution / bit depth with that.

-Jon W

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 10:51:11AM -0500, bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu wrote:
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> Ok, now I have to ask:  Why?
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> I'm not being sarcastic, I'm really not "up" on current video hardware.  I
> like ATI cards, but my budget is a very small shoestring.
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> Bill
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> My only suggestion is spend the extra to get a geforce2 mx or ati radeon.
> You will be greatful later.  gf2 mx 200 starts at 42.00 ( well worth it) or
> a radeon LE for 60 dollars.
> anyway my .02
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> -Jon W
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