Thanks! This is very helpful!! Any suggestions for the manufacturer? Best wishes, and thanks again!! --- Jim Laverty <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > AGP is the slot for the card vs. a PCI slot. AGP slots differ in speed like > a DVD-R, AGP 1x, 2X, 4x and 8x. Make sure the card you buy matches the speed > of your AGP slot. > > PNY is a manufacturer, they usually make the cables which come with the > cards (e.g. DVI splitter cables, DVI -> analog, etc). PNY OEMs the NVidia > cards, as does IBM. > > -----Original Message----- > From: shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:shrike-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Globe Trotter > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:12 PM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Suggestions for a good graphics card for RH9/Fedora? > > > > > > > > I can't say really -- I used my machine for normal things like mail, > > editing, compiling -- 32Mb was fine; the 64Mb appeared faster but it was > > a newer, faster chipset. This machine (an Inspiron 8500) has a 64Mb > > GeForce4 in it which runs 1920x1200 truecolour just fine and when it ran > > windows played DVDs wonderfully. If you're doing games stuff, then > > that's different -- that's far more demanding. > > > > jch > > > > Thanks! No, I am not into games -- I have plans to make movies of brain > function eventually.....By the way, I notice a lot of letters with GeForce4, > etc with difference prices (such as AGP, PNY, et al). What are these for? > Within the GeForce4, are there better and worse cards depending on these > letters?:-) > > > > > > -- > > Shrike-list mailing list > > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > > > Note: > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If > you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all > copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the > sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, > print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended > recipient. Wang Trading LLC and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the > right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to > state them to be the views of any such entity. > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
