r300 driver stability

[Andras Simon]

On 5/31/07, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam at courier-mta.com> wrote:
> Andras Simon writes:
>
> > On 5/31/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> >> Andras Simon wrote:
> >> > I'm putting together a new box that is going to have Fedora 7 (x86_64
> >> > if it matters) on it. The last remaining component I haven't made up
> >> > my mind on is the video card. I don't need stellar 3D performance (a
> >> > little hardware 3D acceleration would be nice though), but I'm very
> >> > much concerned about stability. Having been bitten in the past by the
> >> > proprietary NVidia drivers, this time I'm leaning towards the r300
> >> > series of ATI cards, as they are supported by OS drivers. (Actually,
> >> > I'd prefer one of the r200 series of cards, but I haven't found one
> >> > with a PCIe interface.) But since the r300 driver is based on reverse
> >> > engineering, I'm not sure if this is a safe choice. Could someone who
> >> > uses it tell about his/her experiences, especially stability-wise?
> >> >
> >> > Andras
> >>
> >> Have you considered Intel? I believe they provide the only vendor
> >> supplied open drivers that support 3D.
> >
> > It's too late for that. I already have the motherboard...
>
> He meant Intel's video card, they don't make only CPUs:
>
> http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/d945gnt/index.htm
>
> This video card should be supported on Fedora 7 out of the box, with
> accelerated 3D.  Ask on the fedora-users mailing list, it is monitored by
> Intel's employees; I'm pretty sure that it's good to go, but you should try
> to get a confirmation from the horse's mouth.

Perhaps I'm missing something, but this looks like a motherboard to
me, not a video card.

> The above card is for the ATX form factor.  There are other variations of
> this card for other form factors.

Isn't it itself an ATX motherboard, rather than a card for an ATX board?

Andras