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Hey guys!
I'm going to get a new computer soon (a desktop), and have to think about the CPU, GPU, RAM etc. I'll have Windows Vista (or XP, if I find Vista sucking too much), and Ubuntu. I use Linux mainly for programming (I write computer games as a hobby), checking email, browsing the web and all usual computer stuff. Since I'll be writing (and probably even playing some) computer games on Linux, I'd need decent hardware acceleration on Linux. I use Windows to run programs (mostly games) that are Windows-only (like TF2). Running 3D games through Wine under Linux will also be important to check cross-compiled applications, and may be also to run some small games.
After reading your articles, checking out many websites and doing a lot of research, I guess the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ is what I'm going to go for. I thought about GTX 280 too, but it seems its has huge power requirements and might not work well under Linux.
What card do you think I should get? How about an AMD card (remember, native Linux 3D, Wine Linux 3D, and native Windows 3D are all important)?
I'd like something below 250$.
ps. Check out http://www.grall.uni.cc, its a game I made.
I'm going to get a new computer soon (a desktop), and have to think about the CPU, GPU, RAM etc. I'll have Windows Vista (or XP, if I find Vista sucking too much), and Ubuntu. I use Linux mainly for programming (I write computer games as a hobby), checking email, browsing the web and all usual computer stuff. Since I'll be writing (and probably even playing some) computer games on Linux, I'd need decent hardware acceleration on Linux. I use Windows to run programs (mostly games) that are Windows-only (like TF2). Running 3D games through Wine under Linux will also be important to check cross-compiled applications, and may be also to run some small games.
After reading your articles, checking out many websites and doing a lot of research, I guess the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ is what I'm going to go for. I thought about GTX 280 too, but it seems its has huge power requirements and might not work well under Linux.
What card do you think I should get? How about an AMD card (remember, native Linux 3D, Wine Linux 3D, and native Windows 3D are all important)?
I'd like something below 250$.
ps. Check out http://www.grall.uni.cc, its a game I made.
The 55nm variant of the 260 can at least clocked higher than the one before (there are certainly already oc variants available) - and should use less power.
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