[olug] Video Card

[Jay Swackhamer]

What are you planning on doing with it? Video editing/Gaming/etc......

The with the 5600, you'll need to run the 5328 drivers that were recently
released or you'll have lockups. (probably a given that you'll use the
latest drivers.............)

If you are going to use it for gaming and dont have any games that require
the extra instruction set of the FX, you'd be better off with a GF4TI4200
or 4800(both are faster than a 5600), or go to the 5600 Ultra.......


> I am looking to spend about $140 for a video card and I am leaning
> toward the LEADTEK FX5600 8X AGP 256MB, Nvidia chipset.  Is this going
> to be good?  Is there a better recommendation?  Looking for help.
> Specs of system I am building:
> AMD Athlon XP 2400+
> LEADTEK NFORCE2 ATX 400FSB 6-CH W/S & L (WinFast K7NCR18D-Pro)
> 60GB HD (WD)
> 512MB PC2700 RAM (Kingston)
> 52X Burner (Lite-On I think)
> Creative Encore 12x DVD drive (Model MK5006)
> X-DREAMER SILVER MID-TOWER W/WDW & SENSOR
>
> This will be a linux only decent little system when I am done but the VC
> has me concerned...
>
> I have googled for reviews on VC's but have not come up on anything very
> relevant.   TIA to all who respond!
>
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Web Server Support
> Desktop/Network Specialist
> 402-894-6283
>
>
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