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« on: June 21, 2011, 08:26:53 PM »
My old Intel card does not give me the ability to use desktop effects on a regular basis without becoming very sluggish after less than an hours use even with the xorg 1.10.2 upgrade so I want to replace it with another card.

Any suggestions for a new card that will work with this version of xorg.. My computer which is 2 years old is capable of using PCI or PCIe cards. The above card was transplanted from an older computer so it is older than the computer..

Looking to be able to enable 2d and 3d effects..
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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2011, 04:15:48 AM »
My attitude would be ......  check out NVidia and make a short list of the cards I can afford.

Then try to select the one that is best value.

PCIe is definitely the way to go, IMO.
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2011, 04:21:36 AM »
+1 for an NVidia card.
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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 08:35:06 PM »
I was thinking about nvidea. Any suggestions for a new one such as brand/memory/etc?
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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 09:08:20 PM »
I just installed a PNY Nvidia card -- great card for what you are looking for.
Here's a link to NewEgg:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133356

This card is currently on sale with an instant $10.00 reduction and a $20.00 mail-in rebate.
Nets out at $49.99 with free shipping.  Offer expires 6/30/2011.

This is not a serious gaming card.  But for great graphics and desktop effects its ideal.
Be sure to register it on PNY website and they extend the 1 year warranty to 3 years at no cost.
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« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2011, 12:37:34 AM »
That will work for desktop effects yes...

BTW ATI is good too with the default radeon drivers too I had amazing good performance too... even opengl games worked flawless..
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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2011, 05:00:57 AM »
Any NVIDIA that's a year old to five years old. GeForce is among the most common.
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2011, 07:26:08 AM »
Thanks for the tips. I may go with the card from newegg since I have an account with them..
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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2011, 08:31:55 AM »
wait, you transplanted a intel video card form where to where?

a intel video card?

intel still makes video cards that you can remove?  are we on 2005?   

what?
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2011, 06:50:46 PM »
Quote from: T6 on June 23, 2011, 08:31:55 AM
wait, you transplanted a intel video card form where to where?

a intel video card?

intel still makes video cards that you can remove?  are we on 2005?   

what?

Custom built by me less than 2 years ago. Originally had the ATI card but it went belly up so I put a spare card in which turned out to be Intel. I don't even recall how long I had the card or how old it is.. It is a PCI card..
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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2011, 08:16:39 PM »
if that is the case, anything you put will be better, anything!
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