[NTLUG:Discuss] pci-e and linux ( and radeon -vs- nvidia )

[Ralph Green, Jr.]

Howdy,
  I don't play games, so the absolute fastest card is not what I need.
I have been trying to figure out what the best video card is that has
open source drivers.  It should also be reasonably priced.  Under $30 is
good, but if it made a big difference, I could double that.
  My best success so far has been with S3 or Matrox cards.  I am not
tied to those, though.  What is best?
  Oh, and AGP is all I can use.  But, I am interested in opinions on
PCI-x cards, too.
Good day,
Ralph

On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 22:44 -0600, Steve Baker wrote:
> Neither variety of card have OpenSourced drivers - but if you are happy
> with binary-only drivers then without a shadow of a doubt you should get
> nVidia - the ATI drivers aren't all that stable.