eVGA NVIDIA e-GeForce FX 5500 256 MB, 128 bit DDR AGP 8X VGA/DVI/TV Video Card (256-A8-N313-LX)

Average customer rating: 4.0

Good Deal
Good video card for Linux, with some installation pain
Definite Improvement
Good Performance
Excellent Card for the price!

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eVGA NVIDIA e-GeForce FX 5500 256 MB, 128 bit DDR AGP 8X VGA/DVI/TV Video Card (256-A8-N313-LX)

Manufacturer: EVGA
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0002F8SOS
2004-02-09

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The NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 Chip, is a GPU that will unleash stunning 3D worlds for the mainstream. Powered by the same advanced technology and features as the rest of the FX family, the e-GeForce FX 5500 delivers studio-quality color and amazing cinematic gaming effects. With 256MB of video memory and the latest NVIDIA Technology, such as the CineFX Engine, and High-Precision Graphics, the e-GeForce FX 5500 offers a lot in a small package.

Customer Reviews:

Good Deal.......2007-05-17

Was very satisfied with the deal I got on this card. I should have purchased 2.

Good video card for Linux, with some installation pain.......2007-05-14

I use this card with a Dell SC400 server I use as a desktop running RedHat Fedora 6. I use it with a Dell E207WFP flat panel monitor. The card now works very well, but it wasn't without pain getting it installed. I don't remember all details since it was about a month and a half since I did it, but here are some of the things to keep in mind, when working through the install.

- Start by installing the card and the analog cable
- Reboot and turn off the onboard video controller in the bios
- Once it boots up again it should start the new card in OpenGL compatibility mode
- NVidia allows you to download the driver with a quite extensive installation script. If it works right for you, you are home free. Otherwise this is where the fun starts.
- When I did the install the required kernel plugin was not available from NVidia, so I had to work through the recompile process
- The installer from NVidia did not work correctly for several reasons.
- In order to recompile the plugin I had to download the kernel source and headers, which I didn't have
- Once I had the headers, my default installation of FC6 installed the PAE version of the kernel, but since I couldn't get the symbol tables between the compiled plugin and the PAE kernel to agree I ended up switching to the regular kernel. This required some minor edits to /etc/grub.conf.
- The NVidia scripts also failed to insert the plugin, so I had to find it in the destination directory of the compile tree and insert it myself using insmod.
- The installation scripts did set up X correctly, so it save me the effort of working through the X configuration.
- After a restart of X I managed to switch to the resolution of my new monitor 1680x1050
- Next I connected the DVI cable and when I switched the monitor to use the DVI input it would immediately go into power save mode.
- After numerous reboots and various unsuccessful configuration tweaks, I finally disconnected the analog cable and rebooted, and finally the whole setup works.

After the install I fairly quickly got most applications to work correctly including most of the Linux desktop effects, DVD player, video player, etc. Google Earth looks amazing with the new monitor and card.

Definite Improvement.......2007-05-13

I purchased this item to improve the graphical preformance of my relatively old Dell Dimension computer. In World of Warcraft and Civilization IV there was a marked graphical improvement, and the pixel blurring that had been bothering me was eliminated. Unfortunately the computer has begin to fail, not surprising due to it's age, and so it looks like this card will be finding a new home soon.

A very solid purchase, though I imagine it will be pretty out of date within a year or two.

Good Performance.......2007-04-03

For an entry level graphic card, you can play some games with regular settings, great price.

Excellent Card for the price!.......2007-04-02

Graphics are Very Good.
Easy to Install
Great Performance

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