This is my third blog post in a row about my new Linux box. See the two previous entries for details.

I asked on the Kubuntu forum:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=3106998.0

Hello,

I am building a new Linux box which will be running Kubuntu 9.10.

I am not playing games. The most memory / cpu intensive things I'll do are: Blender 3D, compiz, file encryption with the archive tool dar, some simple video editing...

In yesterday's post, I decided to go with a nvidia video card for my new Linux box.

Since Blender is the main 3D application I'll use, I asked the Blender community how performant a card would be enough for blender:

http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1488613#post1488613

Hello,

I am currently planning to buy a brand new, fairly upscale Linux box. I have already settled on an AMD PHENOM II 945 CPU.

The next big choice to make was the graphic card.

As a linux user, I have always used nVidia's graphic cards because of their stable linux drivers, starting with their MMX400, and moving on to the GeForce series. Currently my most powerful graphic card is a lowly (to today's standards) GeForce 6200 card. It is also an AGP card, so it won't do for a modern mother board.