On Thursday 05 February 2004 12:47, Suresh Chandra Mannava wrote: > Hi, > > > I'm about to buy a new computer, and I'm unsure of > > what graphics card to > > buy. > > Better go for ATI, ATI cards are having open-source > DRI drivers as nvidia suports binary only DRI drivers. > > Radeon 9800 may be a best option.
Except that as far as I know, DRI supports only up to R250 Radeons, not R300 or above. So the best Radeon with Open Source drivers is a 9200 (or similar). I think that an R250 Radeon will give the highest possible 3D performance with open source drivers. -- Bill Gallafent.
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