On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 11:45:47AM +0100, Per Dalgas Jakobsen wrote: > > I'm about to buy a new computer, and I'm unsure of what graphics card to > buy. > > Price should be less than $200 if possible. > The system will have dual-boot configuration: > Windows for gaming. > Linux for (real) work. > > Currently I have a NVIDIA-card, but I do not want to buy another card, where > I have to use binary drivers for my Linux-box :-(
If you are only doing work under Linux, do you need the 3D-features of the card? If not, all recent NVIDIA and ATI cards will meet your requirement, as 2D support for all of those cards is already implemented in XFree86. If you need open source 3D, then you are limited to Matrox G-series (no T&L) or ATI chips below R300 on this list: http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ATIRadeon?action=highlight&value=CategoryHardware There is an open source S3 Savage 2D/3D driver in the works but it is not ready for end users yet. > The optimal card would be very cheap, outperform everything under both > Windows and Linux, using open source drivers under Linux. You aren't going to get top 3D performance together with open source drivers at the moment, because the manufacturers are not releasing programming information for their latest chips. 2D performance should be excellent on any card you choose. -- Ryan Underwood, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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