[Tfug] video card recommendations

[Ronald Sutherland]

The NOT OPEN nvidia drivers work on Ubuntu, the open driver is 2D only and
not very fun...
>From time to time I see things about ATI stuff getting open sourced but not
sure what the status is... Intel on board video is nice, and seems to work
every place I try (FreeBSD, Ubuntu, Mandrake...)

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Ranjan Grover <ranjan.grover at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm putting together a new desktop system, and am currently evaluating
> video cards. Last time I built a card, there was an issue with most
> ATI (now AMD) cards due the lack of good drivers for Linux. Even now
> on my Thinkpad T60, I have to use the restricted fglrx drivers to get
> things to work at max performance, suspend functions, etc. Is Nvidia
> any better in terms of drivers for Linux?
>
> I don't really wanna tinker too much with kernel configs and want
> things to work out of the box. I don't have a use for high end
> graphics performance, and am looking for a card in the $75 or less
> range.
>
> My config so far
>
> Intel Kentsfield processor Q6770
> ASUS P5K-E/WIFI-AP mobo (the realtex wireless LAN chip works out of the
> box)
> ??? video card
> Everything else cannibalized from my previous box
>
> Ranjan
>
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