Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

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Author: James Courtier-Dutton
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To: Peter Alefounder, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade
On Aug 23, 2013 4:39 PM, "Peter Alefounder" <p_alefounder@???>
wrote:
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>
> Thanks to all for the ideas. I will investigate Novatech, Linux
> Questions and Ebuyer.
>
> Gordon Scott <gordon@???> said:
> > They say that does have a VGA D-Type. Gigabyte seem unsure .. in one
> > place it says yes, in another it says no. Odd.
>
> Odd indeed. I'm not sure what type of VGA I have, I will look into
> that. I didn't know there was more than one.
>
> >Mostly the worst that happens is that the graphics card works, but
> > not in '3D accelerated' mode.
>
> My graphics card has a 3D mode, but I haven't used it for years. It
> was active under SuSE and I think it caused the system to crash
> sometimes. I have not bothered to get the 3D driver for my current
> Debian system, so I don't think I run anything that might benefit
> from having it.
>
> Lisi <hantslug@???> said:
> > Your preferred supplier sounds very expensive.
>
> I agree! Not so much "preferred" as merely "local", I think.
>
> Peter Alefounder.
>


If you need vga out, most DVI have a Vga output. all you need is a
connection adapter.
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