On Aug 10, 2008, at 3:46 AM, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
I don't need monster GL performance, which is why I was trying to go with an Intel graphics chipset. They've been very good about supporting Linux for quite a while now, so they deserve my purchase.
Don't discount Intel's graphics entirely - the Mac Mini's Intel graphics chipset is way behind the times (GMA950), which explains the resolution limitations.
More recent Intel motherboards based on the G35 or even G45 chipsets will have the X3500 and X4500 graphics chips respectively, both of which are capable of higher resolution, GPU-assisted video decoding, and somewhat better 3D performance. Intel maintains drivers for these (http://www.intellinuxgraphics.org/), and presumably they get rolled into modern Linux distributions pretty quickly. And if not, you always have the source...
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