[TriLUG] Video card recommendation

Brian Phelps brphelps at ieee.org
Fri May 30 17:29:09 EDT 2008


Intel's integrated wireless, while not a completely open driver, beats
the hell out of other chips like broadcom in terms of stability.

That is why after my last laptop I went with the lenovo R61 Thinkpad:
all intel, no hw problems at all.

On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 13:41 -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.
> > 
> 
> 
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