Video cards

Che Guebeara cheguebeara at gmail.com
Thu Sep 16 16:42:27 UTC 2010


The good and the bad... Intel makes open source drivers but have you
tried to turn off Intel onboard graphics functions in order to enable a
plug in video card? I have several Intel boards here with large hammer
holes in them if you have any ideas...

;)



On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 11:27 -0400, Darcy Casselman wrote:

> All my nVidia cards have worked well, provided you're okay with
> running the proprietary drivers.
> 
> This is my current card.  I'm pretty happy with it:
> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127445&cm_re=gtx_250_nvidia-_-14-127-445-_-Product
> 
> I'd prefer open source drivers, but the only chipset manufacturer to
> come through for us is Intel, and they don't make desktop cards.
> Maybe if you were in the market for a new motherboard...
> 
> Darcy.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:01 AM, Vaughn Male <keino_9 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > So right now I have an ATI Radeon 2200 HD and it is terrible! I was
> > definitely looking at purchasing a new card. Will I encounter any driver
> > issues using my new video card with Ubuntu? Do any particular companies
> > provide superior drivers?
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> >
> > -Vaughn
> >
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