>``splurge and buy a video card. Even a Geforce 6200 for $40 will be
>faster and more stable than the onboard video they slap on
>motherboards. Happy building!'' Miles
>
>-------
>
>That's why I posted this nonsense. I debated and debated a video card
>and basically defaulted to the on-board generic n-vida something,
>figuring if it wasn't really okay, I could get something to replace
>it.
>
>Tavis wonders ``What is the main use of this computer going to be?''
>
>Graphics, but no video. Well, I went looking around this morning and
>found a GeForce 7900GS, which looked about right. I am a little
>worried by the display card and drivers under whatever Xorg uses. The
>old XFConfig was quite to get going.
>
>Gotta go to work. Thanks guys
>
>CG
>
>
Before you write off the onboard GPU I would actually go look at the
tech details of the GPU on that particular board. Of course 9600gs will
put it to shame but it that is realy a gaming card. A Solid PCI-E X16
card for cheap (110$ US) would be the 7600GT. Keep in mind that nvidia
cards tend to have better support in Linux as they offer better support
to linux.
See this article for a general comparsion in Linux: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/07/12/geforce_and_radeon_take_on_linux/index.html