Help selecting a Video card

[joelw135]

I have a Dell E510 with a ATI E300 GT PCIE 16 1.0 video card which is not supported in Ubuntu 9.10 and I get video artifacts and it crashes. I am stuck at 9.04 until I can replace the card or find a way to get it working. Can someone recommend a Video card that will work out of the box with 9.10 so I can upgrade? Or tell me how to get my 300 to work. Thanks.

[Bruce h]

I always insist on nVidia cards when running Linux on a desktop system. Their drivers are closed source, but they are good about providing up-to-date drivers on all of their products, even legacy products.

Have a look at BFG nVidia cards in particular. They have the best manufacturer warranty I've found yet. One word of caution, though: check the physical dimensions of the card before you buy it. Some of them are quite large and may not fit well inside your Dell case.



http://www.google.com/products?q=bfg%20nvidia

[joelw135]

I always insist on nVidia cards when running Linux on a desktop system. Their drivers are closed source, but they are good about providing up-to-date drivers on all of their products, even legacy products.

Have a look at BFG nVidia cards in particular. They have the best manufacturer warranty I've found yet. One word of caution, though: check the physical dimensions of the card before you buy it. Some of them are quite large and may not fit well inside your Dell case.



http://www.google.com/products?q=bfg%20nvidia

Is there one in particular you suggest? I want the easiest install possible as far as drivers. Fitting doesn't seem to be a problem as far as I can see.

[Bruce H]

nVidia uses a single driver for almost all of their cards, so just choose one that is within your budget and will work in your computer. By that I mean find out if you need PCI-E, AGP, or even plain old PCI. PCI-E is what is used in modern computers.

See here for more information about PCI-E: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci-e[\url]

[Bruce H]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pci-e