[Eug-lug] good (low-end) graphics card?

[Ben Barrett]

What about 1680x1050 is low-end??
I'm guessing that you're specifying that you don't need to run 3D games?
(ie, that 2D will suffice)  or is that 2D "minimum" avoidable?

Yeah, AFAICT any basic intel/ati/nvideo card (or clone) should suffice, just
check specs on desired resolution :)
If you want 3D, then throw down some money against whatever eventual
throughput you'll be happy with.

Do you have a particular interest about the licensing of the video driver
code, or are you agnostic, ie, "just make it work"?

~ben



On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Bill Barry <bill at billbarry.org> wrote:

> Both Nvidia and ATI release binary drivers and the NVIDIA drivers seem to
> be released faster with better quality. But recently  ATI/AMD  promised o=
pen
> source drivers
>
> http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/05/09/amd-will-delive=
r-open-graphics-drivers/
> so that might become a better choice.
>
> Bill Barry
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Hal Pomeranz <hal at deer-run.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm in the market for a graphics card (PCI Express) for running a
> > fairly generic Linux (Ubuntu 7.10) desktop.  I'm not planning on
> > gaming or other rendering-intensive tasks-- just normal desktop use,
> > some streaming video, etc.  At a minimum, it needs to drive a 24"
> > widescreen monitor at 1680x1050 resolution.
> >
> > Who are the Linux-friendly graphics companies these days?  I'm out
> > of the loop on this...  Thanks!
> >
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