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To: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com>
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Subject: Re: In search of a video card
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On 2009-05-13 20:06:34, Josef Grosch wrote:
> I'm in search for a decent video card.

I had to do the same thing recently. I wanted dual head (2x 1440x800),
3D accelerated, PCI Express, AMD64 capable graphics.

Finally settled on a Radeon x1950, specifically the Powercolor
x1950. The prices vary wildly, I got mine off ebay for about
$80 but I've seen people attempt to charge ~$200. Don't let
someone rip you off...

So far, the card's been absolutely stable. I have a dual-head
setup with two identical monitors and the card gives excellent
performance for OpenGL work. Running FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE-amd64.

xw