the advantages are in the graphics processing. and the fact you can start useing the mpeg decoding fucntions a little more. Cuda maybe... so it does have a use.. just a more gamer oriented card On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I'm sure I can find you a pata/ata drive if you can't use the sata drive > Matt offered. > > Try having someone with a Windows machine reformat those bad USB sticks.  I > have recovered several that way. > > I agree the 9500 card should be fine though I'm not sure what advantage it > would have for your needs over any on-board video. > > Larry > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Matt Graham > wrote: >> >> From: eculbert >> > Anyone used [a Galaxy Geforce 9500GT]? Hopefully it works with a >> > live cd. Building up a new system w/o onboard video. Going to install >> > and try today..just curious if it is an ok board >> >> The vast majority of nVidia cards will Just Work, in 2D with the "nv" >> module, >> or 3D with the evil binary-only nvidia module.  Haven't used that model, >> but >> I've had no problems with any nVidia card since 2000.  The live CD will >> probably use "nv", which should be totally fine for the non-3D things you >> said >> you wanted to do. >> >> > Going to run 'hd-less' till at least 1/8, so live here we go! >> >> I've got a 250G SATA disk that isn't doing anything at all.  Ran "dd >> if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdc bs=64k ; dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=64k" 3 >> times on it, natch. >> >> -- >> Matt G / Dances With Crows >> The Crow202 Blog:  http://crow202.org/wordpress/ >> There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. >   - Thomas Jefferson > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss