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From: Mgr. Lubos Vrbka (lubos.vrbka_at_uochb.cas.cz)
Date: Wed Nov 30 2005 - 01:12:51 CST

hi,

> It depends on the operating system you intend to run on those machines. On
> Linux, nVidia-based cards would probably mean a much better driver support
> than what you would get from ATI.
i second this, nvidia is much easier to get running.

in my case (amd64, debian linux) radeon runs also fine after some hassle
and with older version of the driver - newest versions just crash
xfree86/xorg after a mouse/keyboard input - but it might be something on
my side...

>>256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X600 SE HyperMemory
>>
>>Does anybody have any experience with this graphics card?
not exactly this type, i have pci-e x600 with 128mb of ram and vmd runs
fine. however, i get

OpenGL renderer: READEON X600 PRO Generic
Features: STENCIL RN MTX PS GLSL(VF)
GLSL rendering mode is NOT available

so something is not running properly. the question is whether you need
GLSL rendering and whether this applies also to your card type...

lubos 

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Mgr. Lubos Vrbka
Center for Biomolecules and Complex Molecular Systems
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.molecular.cz/~vrbka
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