New Video Card
Date: Feb 9th, 2006 1:42:02 am - Subscribe
boogidaboogida: Quiet PC = Good PC
I made the switch back to Nvidia today. It wasn't arbitrary. I know I could have gotten a better deal with better performance by going ATI, but I really do plan to make the switch to linux. As it stands now, I believe Nvidia provides the best linux drives.
I upgraded my card because I got sick of the wavies on the screen, and having experienced DVI with my resurrected dead-again video card, I needed to go back. So I got another new non-gaming card, the MSI NX6200AX, simply because it is cheap, Nvidia, and has DVI. I think it's probably more of a side-grade than a upgrade, but it is quiet. It has no fan. I like that.
I'm not a fanboy of either ATI or Nvidia, but strangely, I almost feel a sense of relief going back to Nvidia. It's funny because I have probably had more problems with them by having a card die. I kind of blame Albatron for that though. I never plan to buy another Albatron especially since they wouldn't accept a return. I guess I have found ATI''s drivers to be slightly somewhat of a pain. They require that .NET stuff and all, and it's not always clear what to download. With Nvidia, drivers are the simple. I like that too.
My video card history:
S3 Virge GX PCI
Real3d Starfighter AGP (Intel i740)
MSI Geforce2 MX400
Albatron Geforce4 ti4200 (dead now)
Asus Radeon 9200SE
MSI Geforce 6200
I don't upgrade my video card very often. I don't really need to since I don't game much. Maybe, though, I'll get a new card for Neverwinter Nights 2. But that's what I said about Quake4.
Using DVI, makes the screen look so nice. I like it. Should have done this sooner.
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