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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/10/2012 05:43, Shlomi Fish wrote:<br>
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Ira Abramov <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Lists-Linux-IL@ira.abramov.org"><Lists-Linux-IL@ira.abramov.org></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Quoting Shlomi Fish, from the post of Tue, 09 Oct:
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If you care about FOSS drivers, then you should definitely avoid
all Nvidia
Otherwise, I am a happy user of a laptop with ATI Mobility Radeon™
HD 4570 card, and a Core i3 desktop machine with the “Intel
Corporation
I recall the ATI HD 2600 Pro card being dual-port, so I assume most
other recent cards will be too.
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So Gigabyte HD 6570 sounds about right, then? Though maybe I should
look for a card with no moving parts. fans tend to fill up with dust
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Note that the ones with no fan are the absolute lowest end options.<br>
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I asked about it on #radeon on irc.freenode.net and here was the reply:
<farnz> rindolf:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature#Decoder_ring_for_engineering_vs_marketing_names">http://wiki.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature#Decoder_ring_for_engineering_vs_marketing_names</a>
- anything other than Southern Islands should work fine with the open-source radeon
driver. SI is getting there with git-of-the-day pieces, but is still not up to speed.
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I'm trying to figure out if there's a difference in the
DVI-D/HDMI/Display Port jungle, other than improved DRM (HDCP) and if
that matters at all in Linux anyway.
Also, Anyone has anything smart to say for/against ordering from a
nameless eBay vendor compared to walking into a KSP-style shop? (and
if it's getting off topic, you can reply off-list...)
Thanks!
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Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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