[LAU] Suggested video card

[Marc-Olivier Barre]

On 8/12/07, Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org> wrote:
> I have a 64bit machine with a AMD sempron processor carried by a
> motherboard with one of those 'all in blunder' combined sound and
> graphics chipsets (sis) in a low-profile case. I'm not concerned about
> the sound as I don't use it for mastering, just office work and
> noodling around with audio.
>
> It seems that current drivers for this chipset are buggy as I get all
> sorts of graphics nasties with debian etch, 64studio, PClinuxOS,
> mandriva (you get the general idea). Oddly a very old version of
> Mandrake has no problems nor does the 0.9 version of 64studio.
>
> What I would like to do is find a reasonable quality, quiet, low profile
> graphics card that definitely has working drivers.
>
> Any suggestions?

Intel is the only graphic card manufacturer that I know of that
provide full specs of there card so devs can actually develop a _real_
driver, without spending years to reverse engineer stuff. The
consequence is simple : intel cards run better than huge nvidia or ati
cards. They are also lower profile and much cheaper.

My 2 cents
Cheers,
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Marc-Olivier Barre.