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On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:39:30AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
Greetings;
I'm happy as a clam in mud with my new machine, but it's developed a
problem. I purchased an inexpensive nVidia-based card that's starting to
behave poorly. I think the hardware itself is buggy, the display will
sometimes shudder rapidly side-to-side, blurring the screen view.
Sometimes it stops and stays stopped, other times it goes on until I
have to reboot. The problem doesn't appear to be a heating problem, but
I've decided to go for a much better card anyway.
So, I want an nVidia-based card with 256 MB video RAM and a decent
cooling fan, preferably under $200. Any recommendations ?
Best,
dp
I've been happy so far with a Gigabyte GV-NX66256DP2, based on the
GeForce 6600. It's PCI-Express. Not a high-end card at all, it cost
$95 in April 2006, but so far works flawlessly, and it's fanless.
I have a 6600LE card, but I'm unable to run at higher resolution than
1024x786 with the nv driver. Can you do that?
That will also depend on what monitor you are running and how it is
configured in X.
Hmm, well. I have tried various things, and most of it works with the
nvidia driver, but nothing have so far worked with the nv driver.
I've got an old ViewSonic A90 19" and a 6600GT that by
default will run 1280x1024 @ 85Hz with the "nv" driver.
Thats impressive. I have googled around, have never not seen anyone
succeeding running a 6600 chipset with 1280x1024 using the nv driver
(many people compaining though).
Please mail me your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the output of "uname -a".
That information might help the author of the nv driver to get it into
shape.
