ATI ghraphic card

[Richard Hubbard]

FWIW I have only heard moderate to bad things about ATI's support for 
linux.  At best, they get out a driver for linux when the card goes into 
production.  at worst, they claim everything as ip, and don't release 
drivers for linux or specs for the card so that someone else can write a 
driver.

Have you checked the NVidia cards? I've never had a problem with them as 
far as linux is concerned.

mpo1 wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Anyone in the group have any first hand experience with the ATI  All in
> Wonder Raedeon  9700 Pro video card and linux?(specifically Mandrake or
> Redhat)  I'm thinking of building my own PC and this is the card I'd
> like to get. While I'm at it, I might as well ask about the motherboard,
> an Asus A7N8X deluxe. Anyone with any  opinions on these two items or
> any other thoughts,  I'd definitely would like to hear from. I havn't
> purchased anything yet but I would like to make this machine compatible
> with windows and Linux as much as possible.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Osika
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