Re: Suggestions for Graphics Cards

On 25 January 2010 16:08, Henare Degan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I said I'd never buy Nvidia again because, with Intel's open graphics
> drivers, we've got a choice. My problem is, it doesn't appear that I
> can get a PCI-e (or even PCI) Intel-based graphics card - they all
> seem to be integrated on the motherboard.
>
> What are my options? I don't do any gaming, the only 3D requirement is
> desktop effects.

If you don't mind the possibility of a few bugs on the 3D side here
and there, Dave Airlie has been doing excellent work on the free (as
in freedom) drivers for Nvidia cards, Nouveau[0].

They're the default Nvidia drivers in Fedora 12, and there are also
packages for Debian and Ubuntu. Although I'm completely talking out of
my arse, I think it's likely they'll integrated in the next Ubuntu LTS
release.

The Nouveau wiki has a great page[2] listing the status of various
features (2D/3D, outputs) in the drivers. The NV30 looks like your
best bet.

Cheers,
Lindsay

[0] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/
[1] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/UbuntuPackages
[2] http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix


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