[PLUG] Low Power DVI video cards?

Brent Rieck bsr at spek.org
Wed Nov 29 23:15:53 UTC 2006


Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> Any suggestions for low power DVI video cards (with Linux drivers,
> of course)?  The fastest thing the card is going to show is fast
> scrolling xterms.  I see no reason to waste power and money on
> graphics capabilities I don't need.

I purchased the cheapest ATI chipset card I could find at the time that 
had DVI, works fine under linux.  It doesn't take up two slots, have a 
12K rpm fan on it, or a dedicated power connector so I don't think its a 
high power card but I don't know how low power it actually is.

--Brent



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