Re: tlug: What are your favorite video cards for Linux?

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Scott Stone writes:

 > The STB Velocity 128 or Diamond Viper V330 (the Riva128 cards) are what
 > I'd pick (I did, actually).  I can get you the Diamond card for $139, it
 > comes with 4MB ram, it doesn't need 8mb (the Riva chip is optimized for
 > 4mb, no more, no less - 8mb would be wasteful overkill, according to
 > nVidia).  Fastest 2D card in the world, among the top 10 in 3D, and it
 > does hardware mpeg at something like 50-60fps in 1152x900 full screen on
 > my K6-200.
That`s not under Linux (the mpeg) or is it. :)

Marcus

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