On Wednesday 23 June 2004 18:58, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 02:20:41PM -0400, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > The subject says it all.  Any recommendations?  Thanks!
>
> Depends on what you mean.  If you mean, "A card that is AGP 8X
> compatible and will work with Linux," I'm using a Radeon 9200 by
> Sapphire Technologies (DVI, VGA, and S-Video output).  If you mean, "A
> card that will work at 8X in Linux," well, Linux will only support
> speeds up to 4X, the last I heard.  (This might have changed in recent
> kernels, though.)  This was also what I found the last I tried to use my
> card at 8X.  (This was several months ago.)
>

Good question.  I personally don't give a rat's tushie about running at 8X; 
4X is find with me.  I don't care either if I can only get binary drivers as 
long as I can get them.  But I was looking at ordering a motherboard which 
said that it had an 8X AGP slot, so I wanted to find something that was 
compatible with that.  (Or I could just use the PCI slot.)  I guess I should 
look at the specs again, it may also support 4X, like the last mobo I bought. 
BTW, thanks to all for the recommendations.

Vaughn

> BTW, the 9200 is probably the best card out there right now that will
> give you 3D without using binary-only drivers.  ATi or nVidia both
> supply proprietary drivers for their cards.

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