Re: [Fractint] Graphics card for Fractint

What I've heard up to now is of nVidia having well implemented VESA 3.0 support. Unfortunately, having a card with VESA 2.0 or 3.0 doesn't guarantee any useful VESA modes (normally a program in need of graphic output under VESA is expected to ask the card which modes it provides - if there are none useful for the program, tough luck). On Matrox' website they still have the G450, which is essentially a shrunk G400 (shrunk as in shrunk semiconductor die = needs only passive cooling, not shrunk in capabilities). If you don't mind pulling down a few Megabytes, they have the user manuals freely available as PDF files for all their cards, so you could look up which VESA modes a particular model supports. Regards, Gerald