Relatively inexpensive video cards for Linux
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From: Jim Cochrane on 22 Jan 2010 20:46 [Sorry if this post shows up more than once - posting appeared to fail before, but it may not have.] My question is similar to David Brown's post, "Graphics cards for Linux", except that I am looking for something cheaper and with less demanding performance requirements. I'm looking for a card that costs no more than $120 (and, ideally, <= $100) that performs well in 2-D, is reliable, and, of course, works well with Linux. And since the performance requirements are not high, a non-Nvidia card with an open-source driver will probably work fine. (This is for the 64-bit music workstation that I posted about a week or two ago.) I'm aware of nouveau (spelling?) for Nvidia, but I have a sense that it's not mature enough yet for what I want. With the above requirements, I think I'm looking for an ATI or Intel card. Sure, I could do some googling, using the Linux hardware compatibility video section as a reference, to see which cards in my price range are good; but I think getting information on how a particular card works with Linux can be a challenge. I may still do this, but, like David, I'd like to get feedback from anyone here on what cards have worked, or not worked, for you. I'm reading David's "graphics cards ..." thread, too, and saving any useful info I see there. But since that discussion is mainly about higher-end cards, I think a separate thread is appropriate. Thanks! Jim
From: Gang Greene on 22 Jan 2010 21:22 Jim Cochrane wrote: > [Sorry if this post shows up more than once - posting appeared to fail > before, but it may not have.] > > My question is similar to David Brown's post, "Graphics cards for > Linux", except that I am looking for something cheaper and with less > demanding performance requirements. I'm looking for a card that costs > no more than $120 (and, ideally, <= $100) that performs well in > 2-D, is reliable, and, of course, works well with Linux. And since the > performance requirements are not high, a non-Nvidia card with an > open-source driver will probably work fine. (This is for the 64-bit > music workstation that I posted about a week or two ago.) I'm aware of > nouveau (spelling?) for Nvidia, but I have a sense that it's not mature > enough yet for what I want. > > With the above requirements, I think I'm looking for an ATI or Intel > card. Sure, I could do some googling, using the Linux hardware > compatibility video section as a reference, to see which cards in my > price range are good; but I think getting information on how a > particular card works with Linux can be a challenge. I may still do > this, but, like David, I'd like to get feedback from anyone here on what > cards have worked, or not worked, for you. > > I'm reading David's "graphics cards ..." thread, too, and saving any > useful info I see there. But since that discussion is mainly about > higher-end cards, I think a separate thread is appropriate. > > > Thanks! > > Jim I have a Gigabyte ATI RadeonHD 4670 512MB DDR3 RAM, which works well. I am using it with slackware 12.2 ati catalyst drivers (non-opensource) and slackware 13.0 with the xorg open source drivers. The card give an insane FPS (over 20,000 FPS) under the ATI drivers and 550 to 600 under the open source drivers as tested by glxgears.
From: notbob on 22 Jan 2010 23:16 On 2010-01-23, Jim Cochrane <allergic-to-spam(a)no-spam-allowed.invalid> wrote: > 2-D, is reliable, and, of course, works well with Linux. Matrox, a favorite with professional CAD drafters, has always worked well with Linux and has superb 2D graphic quality. nb
From: Dan C on 23 Jan 2010 01:57 On 2010-01-23, notbob wrote: > On 2010-01-23, Jim Cochrane <allergic-to-spam(a)no-spam-allowed.invalid> wrote: > >> 2-D, is reliable, and, of course, works well with Linux. > > Matrox, a favorite with professional CAD drafters, has always worked > well with Linux and has superb 2D graphic quality. I concur. If all you care about is 2D, you simply cannot do better than Matrox on Linux. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". "Bother!" said Pooh, as he wiped the vomit from his chin. Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: Gang Greene on 23 Jan 2010 07:42
Dan C wrote: > On 2010-01-23, notbob wrote: >> On 2010-01-23, Jim Cochrane <allergic-to-spam(a)no-spam-allowed.invalid> >> wrote: >> >>> 2-D, is reliable, and, of course, works well with Linux. >> >> Matrox, a favorite with professional CAD drafters, has always worked >> well with Linux and has superb 2D graphic quality. > > I concur. If all you care about is 2D, you simply cannot do better than > Matrox on Linux. > > If all you care about is 2D then most anything would work. |