[NTLUG:Discuss] video card recommendation

[Chris Cox]

Chris Cox wrote:
> Ralph wrote:
>> Chris,
>>   What new Intel card is this?  I actually had to make the decision this
>> afternoon because the ebay auction was ending on one of them.  I went
>> crazy and spent $22.50 on the Radeon x600.  I hope I don't regret
>> blowing that much on a video card.  It has more ram on it than several
>> of my working systems(individually, that is).  The nVidia was a rebate
>> deal, so I would have had to put out almost $70 for now.
>> Ralph
> 
> Shhh!  You're not supposed to know about the Intel card.
> 
> Like I said, Intel hasn't released it yet.... I don't have a time frame.
> 
> I'm sticking it out with Nvidia for now (personally).  Last ATI card
> I even remotely enjoyed was my Mach32 based Graphics Ultra Pro.  Even so,
> the drivers under Windows and Linux were buggy.

A forgotten horse not in this scenario is Matrox.  Sure it's old, but
the support under Linux was (is?) pretty good.  Solid 2D and marginal
3D card.  Not sure what they have on the PCIe end.