[Tfug] Re: New Graphics Card, New Kernel, Question

[Tom Rini]

On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 10:42:56PM -0400, Charles R Kiss wrote:

> Hey Guys,
> 
> I impulse purchased an ASUS Radeon 9250 graphics card from TigerDirect; 
> was it a mistake? I'm running Debian 2.4 Woody and want to switch to 
> Sarge 2.6; what graphics cards do you think I should get and from where, 
> or do you think the 9250 will work okay; I saw problems on the web, but 
> who knows for sure.

I've been thinking of getting a similar card, and it should Just Work
with Sarge and 2.6, even for 3d (I believe the 9250 is similar to the
9200 chipsets, and this an 'RV280', which has 3d support w/o 3rd party
drivers).

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Tom Rini
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