Hi
I'm looking for a good gfx card that works fine in Linux. (I'll probably use it for some gaming in Windows, but Linux will be used 95% of the time)
I'll build a computer with a P45 motherboard and a Intel Core 2 Due Q9550.
What I want from the gfx card in Linux is that it works well with normal applications and watching DVDs, and running opengl applications in accelerated 3D. I'll be using xfce4 as desktop environment. And that the card is not noisy.
I read that there are 2D issues with Nvidia, but isn't that also the case with ATI? My last two ATI cards have been troublesome, while the nvidia cards I have tested on others computer have not been problematic. Just install the closed source driver and it works....
With the open source driver for ATI it is a great improvement and I finally get 3D, but I guess a good driver for 4850 is far off? The closed source ATI driver didn't work with my ATI card (x1650).
So which card would you recommend?
Thanks in advance!
I'm looking for a good gfx card that works fine in Linux. (I'll probably use it for some gaming in Windows, but Linux will be used 95% of the time)
I'll build a computer with a P45 motherboard and a Intel Core 2 Due Q9550.
What I want from the gfx card in Linux is that it works well with normal applications and watching DVDs, and running opengl applications in accelerated 3D. I'll be using xfce4 as desktop environment. And that the card is not noisy.
I read that there are 2D issues with Nvidia, but isn't that also the case with ATI? My last two ATI cards have been troublesome, while the nvidia cards I have tested on others computer have not been problematic. Just install the closed source driver and it works....
With the open source driver for ATI it is a great improvement and I finally get 3D, but I guess a good driver for 4850 is far off? The closed source ATI driver didn't work with my ATI card (x1650).
So which card would you recommend?
Thanks in advance!
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