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On my AMD64 (64-bit gentoo) I have a GeForce4 MX 4000 with 2.6.12 kernel and |
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did not do anything special, just installed the stable nvidia-kernel and |
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nvidia-glx packages from portage. Works great for me. |
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On my non 64-bit AMD system i have a GeForce FX 5200 and 2.6.13 kernel with |
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the stable nvidia-kernel and nvidia-glx packages from portage. Also works |
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great except that I play games on this machine and the graphics card is a |
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little underpowered for me but that is not due to any Linux issue. I used to |
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have a very high end GeForce4 but it died and I replaced it with this cheapy |
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card. |
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On Monday 12 December 2005 10:17 pm, Burak Serdar wrote: |
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> I recently bought an fx5200 for $55, and it works perfectly. You have |
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> to emerge the unstable version of nVidia drivers to get them working |
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> on the more recent kernel versions. I have 2.6.12 kernel, and the |
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> latest stable nVidia compiles and works without any problems. |
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> On 12/12/05, John C. Shimek <jcshimek@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > I am running 64bit Gentoo (of course) and looking at upgrading video |
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> > cards. I have an ATI 8500LE right now. I have that working ok I am |
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> > having one problem. I am trying to use learn Blender. It crashes at a |
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> > certain point due to a bug in Mesa. There is a bug report for this and |
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> > it has been fixed upstream in Mesa 6.3. I have 6.2 and since that seems |
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> > to be bundled in with Xorg, I think, I don't know how to upgrade to a |
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> > newer Mesa. I have tried the Modular Xorg (with Mesa 6.4) but |
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> > xorg-server won't build. I went back to the latest stable one. I then |
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> > tried the ati-drivers. It compiles, I get direct rendering but X |
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> > crashes and complains about unknown symbols. |
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> > I am think I just want to get a new card, mine is 4 years old. I am |
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> > thinking nVidia. I am wondering what is good in the 100-200USD range? |
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> > And how good is the support for amd64? \ |
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> > |
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> > Thank you |
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> > John C. Shimek |
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