Hercules G-Force 2 under Linux?

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Thu 08 Sep, 2005 7:13 pm

Hello everyone,

I need some insight. I have a Gentoo Linux server with a TNT2 videocard if I'm not mistaken. I want to connect it to my TV so I can watch my movies from my server instead of my laptop, but my TNT2 doesn't have a TV-out connection.

A friend of mine has a Hercules G-force 2 TI 64MB DDR (with TV-out) lying around that he's willing to sell to me, but I don't know if I'll be able to get it installed with that TV-out properly functioning and everything. Are there drivers available for that purpose?

Next to that, how much would that card be worth at present..? My flatmate claims it's hardly worth ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬10,-

Thanks in advance

the_unknown_one · Post by **the_unknown_one** » Thu 08 Sep, 2005 7:51 pm

Yes, hardly ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ 10. The one ur friend has isn't worth much either, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬ 20 i'd say.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Thu 08 Sep, 2005 9:01 pm

Heh, ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚Â¬20,- is what he asked for it

I was wondering if that's a fair price.

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Thu 08 Sep, 2005 9:26 pm

I'm not sure if nvidia-kernel/nvidia-glx cover the TNT2, but that'd be your best bet.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Thu 08 Sep, 2005 10:12 pm

The TNT2 works, I'm wondering if the TV-out on the Hercules G-Force 2 will work...

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Thu 08 Sep, 2005 10:34 pm

Ohhh hmmm... It might... You might want to take a look at the docs, or maybe see if you can borrow it from him on a trial basis, and buy it if it does work.

mnc2fan · Post by **mnc2fan** » Thu 08 Sep, 2005 11:47 pm

I connected my compy with the MX 4000 I had with tv out, and I had it with linspire working. I don't know what to say except it might work.

Timendus · Post by **Timendus** » Fri 09 Sep, 2005 9:32 am

AndySoft wrote:maybe see if you can borrow it from him on a trial basis, and buy it if it does work.

Yes, I think I'll try that