--- Craig Brooksby <
rcbrxb@gmail.com> wrote:
> The westside meeting on Tuesday (covering Joomla!)
> was very good. You
> got to show up in order to experience it.
>
> The latest Ubuntu update resulted in it not playing
> nice with my
> cheapo video card. It fails to enter the desktop,
> and falls into the
> command-line level. I have been over and over the
> x-configuration
> stuff -- can't figure it out. Stuck.
>
> My mobo requires a PCI-E video card -- no support
> for AGP. THe cards
> were too expensive (last year) so I found a cheap
> PCI video card.
> (yes, plain old PCI), Worked great (if slow) until
> a few days ago.
>
> I am thinking of shopping for a PCI-E card now. I
> went out to the FSF
> site, but there is little detail there.
>
> Anyone have any practical advice on selecting an
> inexpensive,
> linux-compatible PCI-E video card?
>
> Thanks --
>
> Craig
I built a new box a few months ago and put an evga
nvidia 7600gs pci-e in it for about $129 (newegg).
That's not cheap but its a good card for the money.
for something <$50, i'd look for geforce 5500 or 6200.
http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__eVGA_eVGA_e_GeForce_FX_5500_PCI_Express_128MB_DDR_Video_Card_w_TV_Out_DVI_Retail,__12781708/search=geforce+5500
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