[olug] looking for bargains

[Jon]

Glad you asked.  here is the run down.
the 29 is usually to get hardware based on s3 or old ati boards.  Frankly these cards were designed as much as 5 years or more ago.  A card based on radeon or geforce chipsets are less than a year old.  the difference between the budget and high end cards is usually less than 25% in performance.  OK so the price difference is 21 dollors.  Here is what I think you will get for that 21 dollars 
1. driver support ( either open or closed source for geforce 2 mx 400  for linux and good closed drivers for all versions of windows).
2. agp bus ( I really don't think it is a big deal but anyway)
3. play latest games for next 2-3 years ( I know this isn't a big deal to you but hey it is true)
4. companies still in business so drivers / support will exist ( S3 has folded )
5. the new geforce is extremly low power consumption.
6. you will get 32mb of vid memory.  You can support just about every resolution / bit depth with that.

-Jon W

On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 10:51:11AM -0500, bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu wrote:
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> Ok, now I have to ask:  Why?
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> I'm not being sarcastic, I'm really not "up" on current video hardware.  I
> like ATI cards, but my budget is a very small shoestring.
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> Bill
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> My only suggestion is spend the extra to get a geforce2 mx or ati radeon.
> You will be greatful later.  gf2 mx 200 starts at 42.00 ( well worth it) or
> a radeon LE for 60 dollars.
> anyway my .02
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