[TriLUG] Video card recommendation

[Owen]

Sorry to disappoint you all, but the card that is giving me bad quality
is an Intel integrated chip. I just tested compiz effects, and, although
they work, performance is terrible compared to the ATI Radeon on my old
desktop, running open source drivers. Maybe it's a case of you get what
you pay for though.

Owen

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 01:41:12PM -0400, Jim Tuttle wrote:
> Yeah, every machine I have with an integrated intel video chip is
> awesome.  The driver is rock solid and supports everything.  I used to
> be a big AMD fan, but Intel seems to really work for the open source
> community.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> Chess Griffin wrote:
> > Jim Tuttle wrote:
> >> I'd love to have an Intel video card.  The
> >> integrated Intel video chips I've used are awesome and the driver is
> >> both open and rock solid.  I have no idea if Intel makes a discrete
> >> card, though.
> >>
> > 
> > I seem to recall reading something about Intel considering doing exactly
> > that, but I'm pretty sure nothing has come of it yet.  I agree with you,
> > though -- I'd love to have a separate Intel-based video card (with dual
> > DVI).
> > 
> > Here's hoping.