I need some advice in a hurry, because I'm getting ready to spend some money on new hardware.
My PC an Athlon mother board with EIDE disk ports.
I am going to buy a video card, probably a big new hard disk, and maybe a monitor. I have not bought new peripherals in a long time, and need advice on price and on Linux compatibility.
VIDEO CARD: I want something that will drive a monitor up to 1600 x 1200 or so. I want nice color and resolution, but I don't care much about speed: I'm not a gamer.
MONITOR: Maybe my old video card killed my old 21 inch heater^H^H^H^H^H^Hmonitor, or maybe it was the new version of X I installed that failed to sync correctly, or maybe it just died of old age; or, maybe it will work with the new video card. If I need to buy a new monitor, I'm ready to spend some bucks on it. Again, nice visual quality and long life are important but speed is not.
DISK: It looks like all the new ones are SATA and Ultra ATA. Are my three-year-old EIDE ports useless for the new disks? I have slots available for a new interface card if needed, but how much will that cost and what do I need? (I will still be running my 80 GB disk and a CDRW via EIDE. The new disk will replace my 40 GB and 20 GB drives.)
Any clues will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Vic
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