Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Track
Hi I'm looking for an ATI card for my work pc, doesn't do much apart from browsing and use for remote server management, which card should I buy? I need to make a decision in the next hour or so. I'd like it to be able to handle the compiz stuff aswell. Thanks Dan -- fedora-list mailing list

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Track
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm looking for an ATI card for my work pc, doesn't do much apart from browsing and use for remote server management, which card should I buy? I need to make a decision in the next hour or so. I'd like it to be able to

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Ed Greshko
Dan Track wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm looking for an ATI card for my work pc, doesn't do much apart from browsing and use for remote server management, which card should I buy? I need to make a decision in the next hour or so. I'd like it

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Track
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Ed Greshko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Track wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm looking for an ATI card for my work pc, doesn't do much apart from browsing and use for remote server management, which card

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Track
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Ed Greshko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Track wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I'm looking for an ATI card for my work pc, doesn't do much

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Steve Repo
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:53 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Ed Greshko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Track wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:00 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Track
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Steve Repo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:53 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Ed Greshko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Track wrote:

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:24:47AM +0100, Dan Track wrote: Thanks for that. My supplier said he can't get that card but he said he can get the Saphirre Radeon x1650 Pro 512MB DDR2 AGP VGA DVI TV, would you know if that's supported and would work well with fedora 9 and compiz? That's an R500

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Patrick
Dan Track wrote: [snip] Guys, Do you think the ATI x1300 pro would work ok? I have an X1300 in my laptop and it works fine with the open source ati driver included in F9. I just use 2D (text, browsing, email) and no 3D (games, compiz, etc). If you want to run compiz than you may have to use

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Chris Jones
That's an R500 chipset. It'll work in 2d now, and 3D (and with compiz) in the future. If you need 3D now, you need a much older card -- R200 or R300 chipset. Look at the man page for radeon for product name-to-chipset matching. Any reason why it has to be ATI ? Nvidia make cards too ... --

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Dan Track
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Matthew Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:24:47AM +0100, Dan Track wrote: Thanks for that. My supplier said he can't get that card but he said he can get the Saphirre Radeon x1650 Pro 512MB DDR2 AGP VGA DVI TV, would you know if that's

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Dan Track writes: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Matthew Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:24:47AM +0100, Dan Track wrote: Thanks for that. My supplier said he can't get that card but he said he can get the Saphirre Radeon x1650 Pro 512MB DDR2 AGP VGA DVI TV, would

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Chris Jones writes: That's an R500 chipset. It'll work in 2d now, and 3D (and with compiz) in the future. If you need 3D now, you need a much older card -- R200 or R300 chipset. Look at the man page for radeon for product name-to-chipset matching. Any reason why it has to be ATI ? Nvidia

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 20 August 2008, Dan Track wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Steve Repo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:53 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Dan Track [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:33 AM, Ed

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 20 August 2008, Matthew Miller wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:24:47AM +0100, Dan Track wrote: Thanks for that. My supplier said he can't get that card but he said he can get the Saphirre Radeon x1650 Pro 512MB DDR2 AGP VGA DVI TV, would you know if that's supported and would

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 20 August 2008, Chris Jones wrote: That's an R500 chipset. It'll work in 2d now, and 3D (and with compiz) in the future. If you need 3D now, you need a much older card -- R200 or R300 chipset. Look at the man page for radeon for product name-to-chipset matching. Any reason why it

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 10:00 +0100, Dan Track wrote: Hi I'm looking for an ATI card for my work pc, doesn't do much apart from browsing and use for remote server management, which card should I buy? I need to make a decision in the next hour or so. I'd like it to be able to handle the

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Steve Repo
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Matthew Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:50:36AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: That's an R500 chipset. It'll work in 2d now, and 3D (and with compiz) in the future. If you need 3D now, you need a much older card -- R200 or R300 chipset.

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:50:36 -0400, Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an RV280 radeon card, no 3d, and not expected to ever be. I have a 9200 which is rv280 based and it has 3d support in Fedora. I have played Neverwinter Nights with it (though not recently) under Fedora with

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Kevin Martin
Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:50:36 -0400, Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an RV280 radeon card, no 3d, and not expected to ever be. I have a 9200 which is rv280 based and it has 3d support in Fedora. I have played Neverwinter Nights with it

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Ed Greshko
Kevin Martin wrote: Ed Greshko wrote: Kevin Martin wrote: Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:50:36 -0400, Gene Heskett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an RV280 radeon card, no 3d, and not expected to ever be. I have a 9200 which is rv280 based and it has 3d

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
Kevin Martin wrote: Kevin J. Cummings wrote: Kevin Martin wrote: FWIW, I've got an x1600 running on my Acer laptop and have NEVER been able to get compiz to work correctly (either using the fglrx or the proprietary ATI drivers). This is with F8. My laptop has a Mobility Radeon x1600.

Re: Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

2008-08-20 Thread Chris Jones
Any reason why it has to be ATI ? Nvidia make cards too ... Well, yes, but while native x.org/mesa support for ATI is growing, since ATI is opening up their hardware to the free software community, for the foreseeable future you will always need Nvidia's binary blobs, to drive their