On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 19:13 -0500, Mike Branda wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 18:34 -0500, Ken Elliott wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 17:52 -0600, michael hast wrote:
> > > Hey all!
> > >
> > > I am in the process of rounding up parts to put together a new
> > > AMD64. Since I will be buying a motherboard and a video card at about
> > > the same time, I have come up with the question: Should I use AGP or
> > > PCI-E. It seems that the PCI-E's are more expensive, and I wonder what
> > > I will get out of the investment. Also, it sounds like I should go ATI
> > > or Nvidia on the card. I saw a couple of opinions on that, but which
> > > one would be easiest to configure for a dual-head display? Since I
> > > haven't purchased anything yet, I'd really like to know what would be
> > > the best investment rather than regret it later. Thanks, everybody.
> > >
> >
> >
> > I've had the best experience with Nvidia.
>
> --snip--
>
> Ditto on the NVidia. Actually, I have 2 machines set up with NVidia
> cards Dual Head in Xineramma wide desktop mode.
>
> For my post on previous experiences (not opinions since we know what
> those go hand in hand with ;^) ) with both ATI and NVidia See Slug
> archive:
>
> http://slug.archives.nks.net/List/slug.archive.0512/0477.html
>
> which also contains a few links to Debian HowTo's for both since you're
> a Deb guy. Read them both over before you make a decision.
>
> HTH
>
> Mike Branda Jr.
>
However, I'm using AGP and regular PCI cards. No Experience with PCIe.
Nvidia's List of latest supported hardware shows a few PCIe (PCX)
GeForce PCX 5750
GeForce PCX 5900
Quadro FX 330/GeForce PCX 5300
Quadro NVS 280 PCI-E
GeForce PCX 4300
Mike Branda Jr.
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