Video Card Rehashing

[Bruce Marshall]

On Tuesday 07 November 2006 13:30, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just recently smoked my primary entertainment computer's video card.
> Cooling fan died
> I have been using a Nvidia TI 4200 for quite a few years (6?) and have been
> extremely pleased with performance.  The prospect of replacing it is
> daunting.
>
> I run this machine on Kubuntu, running MythTV, Xine, Quake3A, and other
> games. This card must at least have VGA- and TV-Out.
>
> I'm not a hard-core gamer, so I don't want to spend an arm and a leg. 
> Still, I'd hate to lessen my video experience by downgrading too much.  The
> only place I found a GF4-TI card on Pricewatch had it for $76.  Not bad
> when comparing against the $200-300 range.  But when seeing the MX and FX
> cards going for $35-40, it does make one take pause.  Can anyone explain
> the lower end cards and just how much I'd be giving up for use a MX440 or
> MX4000?  or a FX5200?
> Or does anyone here recommend running a Linux box (Xinerama) on ATI?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Matt

I just started switching all my ATI cards (that have fans) to no-fan  Nvidia 
5200 or such.   I've bought several from egghead.com  for around $50.

They work fine and should last a long time.