[tech] Re: [ucc] Minutes 10/08, graphics cards

[Nick Bannon]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 02:01:43PM +0800, James Cox wrote:
> >  - Buy graphics cards for thinterms

Because they're still unstable? or because they're old and slow and
have no dedicated VRAM?

> We've got 3 choices:
> 
> Geforce 4MX, around $70
> Advantage: half height card
> Disadvantage: sucks

About 4x faster than the current onboard GeForce2 MX?

> Radeon 9200SE, also around $70
> Advantage: half height card, drivers are actually pretty good for ATi
	     Free drivers.
> Disadvantage: Sucks at OpenGL in particular

About 4x faster than the current onboard GeForce2 MX?

> Geforce FX5200, around $90
> Advantage: pretty good at OpenGL (by far the most powerful)
> Disadvantage: requires putting thinterms into proper ATX cases
> Advantage: can eBay off the "cool little cases A+++++++++!!!!1"

About 6x faster than the current onboard GeForce2 MX?

If we're swapping cases and ebay'ing anyway, what would it cost to buy
new low-end machines, selling the old ones as working systems?

Nick.

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