[wplug] OT: recommended cheep video card w/ 3d accel

[Nathan Marcus]

This http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40161&item=5213922698&rd=1

This http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40161&item=5213985764&rd=1

Or This http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=40161&item=5214859228&rd=1

Should run the pretty Xscreensavers :)

Geforce 2 and Geforce 4's are quite cheap now, and work quite well for
your usage.

On 7/5/05, Brandon Kuczenski <brandon at 301south.net> wrote:
> I am looking for a video card that has hardware 3d acceleration for my
> desktop PC (Debian).  The reason for this is that I want to see the OpenGL
> and otherwise 3d-enabled Xscreensaver hacks that I have always turned off
> on my laptop because they are too slow.
> 
> Jamie Zawinski, in the man page for xscreensaver, says:
> 
> "Your options are: don't use the OpenGL display modes; or, collect the
> spare change hidden under the cushions of your couch, and use it to buy a
> video card manufactured after 1998. (It doesn't even need to be fast 3D
> hardware: the problem will be fixed if there is any 3D hardware at all.)"
> 
> So, I want something that satisfies that requirement.  I was wondering (a)
> whether any WPLUG members had a video card laying around that they would
> like to sell or donate, or (b) what equipment you folks would recommend I
> buy.  I really don't want to spend a lot of money.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brandon
> 
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