On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
I'm currently using an older AMD system with Debian Squeeze, using an
Nvidia GeForce FX 5500. This work well on Squeeze with the
nvidia-glx-legacy-173xx package and nvidia-kernel-legacy-173xx-dkms, and
I'm able to play Flightgear.
I'm looking to buy a new system and I'd like to be able to run the
latest Flightgear with all the trimmings turned on, so I need a much
better graphics card, but I'm quite lost in what to buy that will be
compatible and simple to set up and maintain.
Any suggestions?
I would read on their recommended video cards:
http://wiki.flightgear.org/Supported_Video_Cards
Then choose one that you like (because of price/design) and then check
about its current support status in Linux ecosystem, though I would go
for nvidia; their closed source driver (sigh...) is rather good.