Ultimate Edition Forum

So .. I've been doing more reading ... learning linux .. (but summers are short up here in the north , so to build list comes first anyway .. still have these ati4650 cards .. and I was reading about a program envy , that might help .. otherwise I've got it downto a short list of two Nvidia cards .. a 512 meg 8800GT or . the 9600 GT 512MB
Any ideas , input is appreciated

Howdy Points,

Glad your still at it.From what I read on ati's web site your cards should still be supported with the new Ultimate or any os with the new xserver.If you upgrade my instructions should still work to install the new drivers.The kicker is you will have to do a new install to take advantage of the new ext 4 file system.But you can save your /home.

Hello, Personally I have had issues with ATI cards even when they supported them! Besides they could next week, next month or next year, decide to drop your card. I am not going to say I never had a problem with some Nvidia card ie, taking out one card and putting in a different model, but was able to get them to work, usually just do a fresh install with the problem card installed and the OS told me what driver to use. So, I would pick the newest Nvidia card to install first, if you have unresolved issues then used the older one. I have 10 computers all using some model of Nvidia cards. I have swaped out different cards on most of these computers with nothing more than the OS telling me a newer driver is available, install it and go!

points wrote:So .. I've been doing more reading ... learning linux .. (but summers are short up here in the north , so to build list comes first anyway .. still have these ati4650 cards .. and I was reading about a program envy , that might help .. otherwise I've got it downto a short list of two Nvidia cards .. a 512 meg 8800GT or . the 9600 GT 512MB
Any ideas , input is appreciated

Hello points.

In my personal experience with ATI & Nvidia GForce cards, i would of to say Nvidia is my first preference over ATI cards. Not that Linux is not compatible with both, but when its boils don't to performance & compatibility with Linux, for me Nvidia really gives you that little extra that is needed to make things happen. E.g "Compiz Fusion, Games etc" works like a charm no hassle, Plus Nvidia are more widely used over ATI even though ATI have some of the top cards on the market!! So i would say, go with the 9600 GT 512, very good card. If you choose to go 8800 GT its still not a bad buy as these are two of Nvidia's top cards on the market right now.

Guys.......he has cards that are already supported.Why buy new nvidia cards now?Wait till the ATI cards aren't supported,then go nvidia.Besides My card is actually running like a champ with the open source drivers,compiz and all.I just can't play any gadamn games anymore....lol.

I am running an HD3850, catalyst and all, Ultimate 64 2.1, synaptic recently updated the drivers to 8.54.3, not the latest but for me its good enough, I haven't tried the HDMI out yet, nuttin to plug it in to...