>> Here comes that time again: I have to buy a graphic card, I want to buy >> a radeon, not too long/wide (limited space in the box), reasonably >> recent and powerful, to be used in a debian/sid system. >> What do I buy if I want 3D (compiz at least) now, or at least very >> soon ? >> I guess if AMD pours money on linux support, it's because they want >> their stuff to be bought. But it's not clear yet when the latest gen is >> usable without fglrx. > I don't know how much you intend to game, but I would recommend a > Radeon-HD 5750 (basically a half 5850). > The series won't be replaced by a 67xx series (as far as it looks for > now) and are for the power they offer quite cheap. > Open driver support Xrender and OpenGL quite ok. > > - Clemens For gaming a mid-range card like the suggested is a good choice IMHO, tho' I'm no longer carefully following the field. If you do not intend to play very recent demanding games on high settings even a low-end card (or chipset-based GPU) should be sufficient - with the huge advantage that they don't need active cooling. One note of caution, using a HD5xxx or higher chip does currently require -git stuff to get even Compiz afaik, unless you're willing to (temporarily) use fglrx. HD4xxx and lower (e.g. I have a chipset-HD3xxx) work great with released kernels and free drivers, tho I don't know if sid contains sufficiently recent versions.
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