OT: recommend fast 2D card?

[David Williamson]

On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 09:22 -0700, Daniel Stone wrote:

> The ATI r2xx chipsets (8500->9200, with the 9100 being optimal, followed
> by the 8500, followed by the 9200, followed by the 9000) should be quite
> screamingly fast in 2D, however when you're dealing with 1.5MB images,
> it's always going to hurt.
> 
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-264R&depa=0

...shows a refurbed 9100 with 128 megs for $41 USD.  If that'll drop in
and "just work" in Ubuntu then that's a cheap way to fix my 2d speed
problem.

tuvm --

dw