<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Sans Serif'; font-size:8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Tuesday 28 April 2009 17:58:38 Kevin Kofler wrote:<br>
> Globe Trotter wrote:<br>
> > a 256 MB PCIe x16 nVidia NVS 290, Dual Monitor capable<br>
> > ATI Fire GL V3600 256MB, Dual Monitor DVI Capable ATI3600<br>
><br>
> Neither of those are good options, as they both only fully work with<br>
> proprietary drivers. (In particular, you don't get any OpenGL support in<br>
> Fedora out of the box with those, dual monitor might also not work without<br>
> proprietary drivers (especially with the nVidia card) and the proprietary<br>
> drivers cause several types of hassle and often have bugs which are<br>
> impossible to fix for anybody other than the manufacturer.)<br>
><br>
> An older Radeon (up to r5xx, see http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/ATIRadeon<br>
> ) is a better choice.<br>
><br>
> Kevin Kofler<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>I have a Dell with an Nvidia Quadro FX 3700 and Fedora 10. I get 3d, openGL, desktop effects, dual moniters, the works. All by using the kmod_nvidia package</p></body></html>