8x agp gfx card?

Pickers · 21-08-2013, 16:38

Its a long shot - but im experimenting with building a linx box for school projects but my gfx card is dying (radeon 9600) and isnt well supported with linux either. Does anyone happen to have a spare agp card they may be willling to donate? I know its old technology now!!

Sorry for the cheekiness!

Dymetrie · 22-08-2013, 21:40

I might have something I can send your way.

The postage won't be cheap, though, as it has a brick of a heatsink!

Mark · 27-08-2013, 08:40

Sadly Linux support is falling apart for AGP cards. nVidia not long ago even pulled support for a load of PCI-e cards (including mine, though I have 12 months breathing room there).

I have a few old AGP cards, but save the one I'm still using, they're Radeon 9600-era, or older, so likely to be equally unsupported.

Pickers · 27-08-2013, 17:57

Really?! Whats the next thing after pci-e?

So is it worth just sticking withthe old 9600? Google seems to suggest its just the 9600 from that era that isnt supported. I think all it means is the visual effects in ubuntu or debian environments wont run... maybe?

divine · 27-08-2013, 19:49

Nothing after PCI-E yet, though we're on V3 of PCI-E now. Mark was just saying nVidia have dropped support for early PCI-E cards, never mind the prehistoric AGP stuff that came before it.

Pickers · 28-08-2013, 07:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by divine

Nothing after PCI-E yet, though we're on V3 of PCI-E now. Mark was just saying nVidia have dropped support for early PCI-E cards, never mind the prehistoric AGP stuff that came before it.

Prehistoric? Pah - I found my voodoo gfx card with rgb linking cable the other day.

Mark · 28-08-2013, 08:50

I binned my voodoo3 not so long back. Not sure if I still have the cable for it.

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Pickers Absinthe Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2,692	8x agp gfx card? Its a long shot - but im experimenting with building a linx box for school projects but my gfx card is dying (radeon 9600) and isnt well supported with linux either. Does anyone happen to have a spare agp card they may be willling to donate? I know its old technology now!! Sorry for the cheekiness! __________________ Pictures

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Pickers Absinthe Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cornwall Posts: 2,692	Really?! Whats the next thing after pci-e? So is it worth just sticking withthe old 9600? Google seems to suggest its just the 9600 from that era that isnt supported. I think all it means is the visual effects in ubuntu or debian environments wont run... maybe? __________________ Pictures

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divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Nothing after PCI-E yet, though we're on V3 of PCI-E now. Mark was just saying nVidia have dropped support for early PCI-E cards, never mind the prehistoric AGP stuff that came before it. __________________

27-08-2013, 08:40	#3
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Sadly Linux support is falling apart for AGP cards. nVidia not long ago even pulled support for a load of PCI-e cards (including mine, though I have 12 months breathing room there). I have a few old AGP cards, but save the one I'm still using, they're Radeon 9600-era, or older, so likely to be equally unsupported.

28-08-2013, 08:50	#7
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I binned my voodoo3 not so long back. Not sure if I still have the cable for it.