Current Video Card winning horse?

[Shlomi Fish]

On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 16:10:27 +0200
Ira Abramov <Lists-Linux-IL at ira.abramov.org> wrote:

> Quoting Shlomi Fish, from the post of Tue, 09 Oct:
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> 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
> and die.

I asked about it on #radeon on irc.freenode.net and here was the reply:

<farnz> rindolf: 
http://wiki.x.org/wiki/RadeonFeature#Decoder_ring_for_engineering_vs_marketing_names
- 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.

> 
> 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!
> 

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish


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