If that's all you're doing you can stick with matrox, if you might play
with any 3-D stuff then nVidia is the way to go. Might I suggest A 64MB
GeForce2 for under 100$?
http://www.generationxcomputing.com/ProductsGForce.html

Have a good one

William "RJ" Scarbeary

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Bob
Cober
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 4:23 PM
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: Need Video card suggestion for 2D that's well supported in
both W2k and Linux.

However, the Radeon drivers are Open-Source if that sort of thing is
important to you...

(Nvidia's drivers are closed source, built by VA I believe)


----- Original Message -----
From: Dr. G <drghastly@cox.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: Need Video card suggestion for 2D that's well supported in
both
W2k and Linux.


> Not to mention that they have FAR better driver support, for both
windows
> AND linux, where ATI and the radeon, does not, not even close.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Berkwitt" <mberkwitt@cox.net>
> To: "PLUG" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 11:11 AM
> Subject: Need Video card suggestion for 2D that's well supported in
both
W2k
> and Linux.
>
>
> > I've been using Matrox for years but many suggest I can save some
$$$ if
I
> > go with a Radeon.
> > Usage is surfing, office apps, no gaming actually.
> >
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