12 Aug
2007
12 Aug
'07
8:11 p.m.
On 8/12/07, Folderol <folderol(a)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.