Re: video card reccomendation
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:44:22 -0500
"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <bss@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
> In <[🔎] 20100926182947.30489bde@windy.deldotd.com>, briand@aracnet.com
> wrote:
> >On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:46:38 +0200
> >Enrico Weigelt <weigelt@metux.de> wrote:
> >> * Rick Pasotto <rick@niof.net> schrieb:
> >> > I need to get an agp video card so take the video load off the
> >> > regular bus.
> >>
> >> Don't buy Nvidia. They're totally reluctant against OSS.
> >>
> >> Those companies IMHO don't deserve a single penny.
> >
> >I quite agree. So maybe a good question is: who makes a video card
> >that supports _decent_ 3D performance that has open source drivers ?
>
> ATI Radeon HD 4670 is the current king of 3D performance with an Free
> Software X11 driver. Or, it was last time I checked
> http://free3d.org/.
>
> Since ATI was acquired by AMD, they have made great strides in the
> quality of the Free Software drivers. I've not yet owned one (stuck
> with my Nividious 7800 GTXs), though.
>
> I have seen the ATI Radeon Mobility 4650 in action and the hardware
> performs the games I like to play (StarCraft II) quite well. The
> 4670 is fairly cheap right now if you can find one.
>
> I also have good hopes for the 5xxx line, as the AMD engineers are
> already working with the X.org contributors.
They've got a long way to go. I haven't use ATI in years because their
WINDOWS drivers were so unbelievably unstable...
Brian
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