Graphics card recommendation?

[Bill Davidsen]

john wendel wrote:
> On 06/24/2009 03:04 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> Tom Horsley wrote:
>>> Certainly with the advent of the DRI2 utter and complete rewrite
>>> of 3d support in the server, everyone is either giving up or
>>> taking a long time to cath up (it is never clear which :-).
>>>
>>> As near as I can tell, the only option for getting even a little
>>> above par 3d at the moment is nvidia using the nvidia binary
>>> drivers.
>>
>> This is bullshit. Intel integrated graphics (except the GMA 500) just 
>> work.
>> Non-HD Radeons just work too.
>>
>>          Kevin Kofler
>>
> 
> Actually, your post is bullshit. Have you ever tried playing HD video on 
> an Intel chipset? It just works if your definition of "works" is "looks 
> like glitchy shit". Adding an Nvidia card fixed my video problems.
> 
Both the Intel and Radeon drivers seem pretty leisurely. Bringing up images in 
800x600 using gimp, or eog, is like watching sand painting. glxgears runs at 
100-200 fps. I don't normally watch a lot of HD video, and what I have (usually 
640x480 24fps) seems acceptable if not optimal, I'm not a gamer so I don't care 
about fancy graphics, but this is pathetic. I dual boot FC6 and F11, and the 
difference is huge. Maybe rpmfusion will offer a downgrade to working video again.

This server on FC6 1450 fps w/ glxgears, on F11 ~220. Watching "about this 
computer" resources jumps instead of scrolling, as if the changes were saved for 
2sec or so and the last image displayed. Not the kernel, if I "ssh -X" in from a 
FC6 system it's nice and smooth.

As noted, I'm not a gamer, but I wouldn't claim F11 "justs works" but rather 
"doesn't crash." That's about all I can say in favor of it.

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