[ale] video card recommendation

[Joseph Knapka]

Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> writes:

> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > ATI has a bad reputation when it comes to
> >
> >> drivers though.... Yours, Emil P. Man
> > Yes. 1. I saw that one of their drivers was proprietary. 2. I saw
> > that many people seem to have problems with the Raedion 7000 on the
> > dri website suggested yesterday. 3. I am trying to avoid ATI and
> > Nvidia altogether.
> 
> I've not done the video card research lately, but matrox 3d cards were
> pretty well supported by Xfree.  Your best bet is to go to the xfree
> website and check out the supported cards section.

Seconded. I've had fine luck with Matrox Millenium G4xx cards, which
are no longer produced (AFAICT) but easy to come by on eBay, and cheap
too ($30-$40). However, they don't seem to be available with more than
32MB RAM, and Drew said he wants 64M.

Cheers,

-- Joe
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