What FOSS friendly video adapter should I buy?
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From: Chris Cox on 21 Apr 2010 15:25 On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 14:25 +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote: > I'm considering buying a new laptop, which will run mainly the Linux > Operating System. > After reading > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_kills_nv&num=1 > I'm pretty sure, that I will not buy any laptop with NVIDIA GPU. > What chipset should I chose? My preferences are as follows (ordered > according to priority): > > 1. Availability of the Open Source Driver, supported by the manufacturer, > allowing to access all features of the GPU. I don't accept running > closed source binaries as kernel modules or root owned processes. > 2. Good video throughput, 3D acceleration, OpenGL support None for anything contemporary. All depends on what "good" means. Some Intel works "good"... it's just that the most Intel GPUs are not that fast. With that said, I like my Intel 4500MHD on my laptop. Just don't expect to do large scale gaming. Runs compiz no problem and xv works fine. AFAIK, fastest FOSS fps can be had with a Radeon x850xt (older board). > 3. Possibility to use the GPU hardware as numeric calculation accelerator. :-) Good luck with that... > > Could you suggest something? > Given your overall criteria, I think the answer is "no". |