What's a good video card?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 03:04:37 -0500,
  Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2005 at 08:52:56PM -0500, Asa Douglass wrote:
> > I have a radeon 9200se video card right now that I think is a problem
> > (causes X to freak out intermittently).
> 
> Actually, you've got one of the best options for open source 3d support. You
> could do a little better by going to an ATI FireGL 8800, which has a
> slightly earlier but faster chipset. (I see 3 on ebay right now < $15.)

He could also have gotten a faster card by not getting the SE version of
the 9200. Those cards also vary by the amount of memory you get in them.