[linux-audio-user] Best possible PCI-Express video card for DAW

[mark at ehle.homelinux.org]

Paul -

Thanks for the info. By best, I mean a card that is going to install  
in linux with the least trouble, be quiet, and give me enough  
resolution to do audio work. I don't need screaming 3-D.

Later -

Mark


Quoting Paul Winkler <pw_lists at slinkp.com>:

> On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 02:46:02PM -0500, mark at ehle.homelinux.org wrote:
>> Hello again, folks -
>>
>> A while back I emailed you for advice on the best motherboard that I
>> could get for a rock-solid digital audio workstation. I appreciate all
>> the recommendations, and wound up buying an Intel D925XECV2 with a
>> Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz processor. I have 2 Kingston 512MB RAM sticks
>> coming as well. I've also got a Seagate 250Mb SATA Barracuda on the
>> way, too. I will use this for the system software and get a couple of
>> bigger drives for data later.
>>
>> The D925XECV2 is a nice board near as I can tell (I haven't fired it
>> up yet) but it does not come with on-board video. It does come with a
>> PCI-Express slot, so my next question is what is the best video board
>> to get for this setup?
>
> "Best?" Depends what you care about :-) For a low-cost, fanless
> (silent!)  card that works well with Free drivers, I've been very
> happy with my Gigabyte GV-NX66256DP2 GeForce 6600 256MB card.
>
> With the non-Free drivers, its 3D performance is also more than
> sufficient for my continuing quake 3 habit :-)
>
> But it seems to be discontinued already, or at least newegg no longer
> has them.
>
> --
>
> Paul Winkler
> http://www.slinkp.com
>