On Wednesday 29 July 2009, Joseph Apuzzo wrote:
> But now the dilemma of the video card, I want to stay all AMD ( ATI
> is AMD ) for a pure approach.
> I chose the "Radeon HD 4670" since it has the best HD video support
> ( no 3D game support, but that is not what I care about for this
> system ).

You're probably right, but keep in mind that 3D is at needed at least 
by compositing, Google Earth, and a lot of screensavers.

...
> Thus should I invest in the 4850 since it's slated for OSS drivers
> (and NDA-free access for dev's now that's cool ) or go with the
> GeForce 9800GTX workhorse that's currently got the better drivers?

Donno -- I don't make decisions based on what's "slated" to happen.

  -- Chris

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