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I'm building a box to work as an entertainment system to capture tv and play dvd's, avi's and so forth. I need a decent video card with S-video out minimum and am looking to pick one up for cheap on ebay but I'm worried about Linux support.
I'm using Gentoo and have no problem with the onboard graphics chip. Anyone know of any cheap readily available graphics cards which may suit me or even point me in the direction where I might find information on graphics cards for linux?
NVidia chipsets have historically had some of the better support under linux. Considering your goal of a media center pc, you may also want to check the MythTV documentation for recommended cards, even if you do not plan to use MythTV. (They probably have a lot of experience with cards like the ones you have requested)
here's the list of compatibe cards from nvidia as of the last driver release. gives you a few to choose from.
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NVIDIA chip name
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GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 GT
Quadro FX 4000
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce Go 6800
GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Quadro FX Go1400
Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI
Quadro FX 1400
GeForce 6800/GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6600/GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6200
Quadro FX 3400
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce PCX 5750
GeForce PCX 5900
Quadro FX 330/GeForce PCX 5300
Quadro NVS 280 PCI-E
Quadro FX 330
Quadro FX 1300
GeForce PCX 4300
GeForce2 MX/MX 400
GeForce2 MX 100/200
GeForce2 Go
Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6600 LE
GeForce Go 6600
GeForce 6610 XL
GeForce Go 6600 TE/6200 TE
GeForce Go 6600
GeForce Go 6600 GT
Quadro FX 540
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM)
GeForce Go 6200
GeForce Go 6400
GeForce Go 6200
GeForce Go 6400
GeForce4 MX 460
GeForce4 MX 440
GeForce4 MX 420
GeForce4 MX 440-SE
GeForce4 440 Go
GeForce4 420 Go
GeForce4 420 Go 32M
GeForce4 460 Go
Quadro4 550 XGL
GeForce4 440 Go 64M
Quadro NVS
Quadro4 500 GoGL
GeForce4 410 Go 16M
GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X
GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X
GeForce4 MX 4000
Quadro4 580 XGL
Quadro NVS with AGP8X
Quadro4 380 XGL
Quadro NVS 50 PCI
GeForce2 Integrated GPU
GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
GeForce3
GeForce3 Ti 200
GeForce3 Ti 500
Quadro DCC
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce4 Ti 4600
GeForce4 Ti 4400
GeForce4 Ti 4200
Quadro4 900 XGL
Quadro4 750 XGL
Quadro4 700 XGL
GeForce4 Ti 4800
GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X
GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE
GeForce4 4200 Go
Quadro4 980 XGL
Quadro4 780 XGL
Quadro4 700 GoGL
GeForce FX 5800 Ultra
GeForce FX 5800
Quadro FX 2000
Quadro FX 1000
GeForce FX 5600 Ultra
GeForce FX 5600
GeForce FX 5600XT
GeForce FX Go5600
GeForce FX Go5650
Quadro FX Go700
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
GeForce FX 5200
GeForce FX 5200LE
GeForce FX Go5200
GeForce FX Go5250
GeForce FX 5500
GeForce FX 5100
GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M
Quadro NVS 280 PCI
Quadro FX 500/600 PCI
GeForce FX Go53xx
GeForce FX Go5100
GeForce FX 5900 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900
GeForce FX 5900XT
GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
GeForce FX 5900ZT
Quadro FX 3000
Quadro FX 700
GeForce FX 5700 Ultra
GeForce FX 5700
GeForce FX 5700LE
GeForce FX 5700VE
GeForce FX Go5700
GeForce FX Go5700
Quadro FX Go1000
Quadro FX 1100
Whoa, thanks a bunch. Was intending to look at my options but MythTV was initially my main option so I may look at what they recommend but thanks for the list, it will come in very handy when browsing ebay!!!!
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