Paul Copeland wrote:
> I have looked at the ATI Radeon card listed for sale at Everything
> Linux, which says it works with XFree 4.0.1 or higher. Has anyone used
> this card?
>
> Have people had trouble with either ATI or nVidia cards?
>
> I am after a 32MB AGP card that has Linux support and am happy for
> advice or directions to good quality reading on the subject ( I am
> currently reading the docs at xfree86.org).
Paul, I have a radeon 8500 and it is supported only in
2D and only under the very latest xfree 4.2.0 (I went
the redhat beta route to get this xfree version).
The problem I've found is that there seem to be MANY different
radeons, and they don't seem to bear any relationship to each
other. For instance the radeon 7500 and the radeon 8500 are
very different beasts. I think the 7500 has some sort of 3d
support but I'm not sure).
Nvidia seems to be the card of choice for fast 3d graphics under
linux, but it is only supported via binary only modules.
My other machine has a matrox g400max, and that IS a nice card
which is well supported 2D and 3D with open source (as far as I
know -- everythinglinux should know precisely.) It's great for
2D but the 3D is not the fastest out there. Only an issue if you
play quake3 or latest wolfenstein.
Regards,
-Matt
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