[OTs] free video hardware

Peter Gordon peter at thecodergeek.com
Sat Apr 22 07:06:31 UTC 2006


A.J. Bonnema wrote:
> I am willing to buy a new card, just to get rid of the closed source issue.
> Does anyone have a pointer?

The Radeon 9200 series is the strongest dedicated card currently 
supported by Free drivers. The Intel integrated GMA900/950 stuff also 
uses Free drivers, if your motherboard has this (though the mode-setting 
stuff is through the video BIOS, as I understand it); and it has 
performance equivalent to a Radeon 9500-ish according to various X 
hackers whom I've spoken with.

These are not very powerful compared to the stuff currently on the 
market, but they work very well. I've got a Radeon 9200 on mine and it 
works beautifully. :)

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