please recommend new ati or nvidia card?
Posted: 2012-04-10 22:56
I was going to post this in 'Help-Hardware' or 'Help-General Questions' but this is not a support request.
I've been out of the loop with regards to video cards. I want to buy a 'silent' or htpc video card for my computer. I currently use a GeForce 7950GT but I think it's running a bit warm. I'm not in Linux at the moment but the last time I checked, I was at 47 to 50C. It's not bad but it's not much for gaming and I wanted a cooler-running card. The old card might go in a future budget build, anyway.
I was hoping some Nvidia and ATI card owners will reply and give their two cents.
I've noticed a few posts of ATI owners with NI (HD 6xxx?) cards posting to it's encouraging. ATI/AMD isn't really thought of as a HTPC-oriented card in Linux, though?
I guess it's between the GT520 for Nvidia and Radeon HD 6570 or something similar. Budget is only around $40 or $50, tops. I'll see how that goes.
However, I'm just as interested in how things are, currently, installing either ATI/AMD or Nvidia drivers as I am getting a recommendation for a card.
Note: I'm just interested in opinions on the state of fglxrx (the binary driver for AMD/ATI) IN DEBIAN for now.
I usually install two distros, straight Debian (usually testing) and Mint Debian (LMDE) in two partitions. In my Debian install, I'll install Virtualbox. I understand that Wine is still primarily Nvidia-specific or the focus is mainly on Nvidia but if you use Wine, please report on that, too. I can't think of anything else to ask. Volunteer anything else!
This info is probably pertinent or 'good-to-know' for evaluation?:
Debian Testing - xorg: 1.11.4 - kernel: 3.2
IF there's any other recommendations and/or suggestions for configurations, please add. I'm not sure I'll be a big fan of Gnome 3.x so if you use it, please offer me your two cents. I was using KDE not too long ago and have xfce on my laptop. However, I will need to do a brand new install and I'm not sure what the current state of things are.
Thanks for any replies!
I've been out of the loop with regards to video cards. I want to buy a 'silent' or htpc video card for my computer. I currently use a GeForce 7950GT but I think it's running a bit warm. I'm not in Linux at the moment but the last time I checked, I was at 47 to 50C. It's not bad but it's not much for gaming and I wanted a cooler-running card. The old card might go in a future budget build, anyway.
I was hoping some Nvidia and ATI card owners will reply and give their two cents.
I've noticed a few posts of ATI owners with NI (HD 6xxx?) cards posting to it's encouraging. ATI/AMD isn't really thought of as a HTPC-oriented card in Linux, though?
I guess it's between the GT520 for Nvidia and Radeon HD 6570 or something similar. Budget is only around $40 or $50, tops. I'll see how that goes.
However, I'm just as interested in how things are, currently, installing either ATI/AMD or Nvidia drivers as I am getting a recommendation for a card.
Note: I'm just interested in opinions on the state of fglxrx (the binary driver for AMD/ATI) IN DEBIAN for now.
I usually install two distros, straight Debian (usually testing) and Mint Debian (LMDE) in two partitions. In my Debian install, I'll install Virtualbox. I understand that Wine is still primarily Nvidia-specific or the focus is mainly on Nvidia but if you use Wine, please report on that, too. I can't think of anything else to ask. Volunteer anything else!
This info is probably pertinent or 'good-to-know' for evaluation?:
Debian Testing - xorg: 1.11.4 - kernel: 3.2
IF there's any other recommendations and/or suggestions for configurations, please add. I'm not sure I'll be a big fan of Gnome 3.x so if you use it, please offer me your two cents. I was using KDE not too long ago and have xfce on my laptop. However, I will need to do a brand new install and I'm not sure what the current state of things are.
Thanks for any replies!