What's a good video card?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 09:40:01 -0700,
  Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> 
> I had a 9600 and dumped it for nvidia.  ATI drivers are sub-par and 
> didn't support 3D last year.  Do they now?  30 minutes (from time of 
> purchase) to install and get my nvidia card running in 3D compared to 
> over a month with ATI for no 3D.

The problem is that ATI didn't release specs to open source driver writers
for cards after the 9200.

Based on what I saw in the xorg 6.8.2 release notes, there is some 3d
support for post 9200 cards, but I am not sure how complete it is and
whether the support is based on specs from ATI or derived via
reverse engineering.

> 
> Download the driver from nvidia and follow the instructions.  Repeat 
> at kernel updates.  Look for the card that will fit your requirements.

While this will work for many people, if you keep your computer long enough
you will need to choose between updating your kernel or dumping the video
card.