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 <
lthielster@gmail.com> 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 <danceswithcrows@usa.net>
> wrote:
>>
>> From: eculbert <eculbert@yahoo.com>
>> > 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.
>>
>> --
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