[GRLUG] NVidia or ATI

[Greg Folkert]

On Thu, 2008-11-13 at 23:41 -0500, Tim Schmidt wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > These days, which is more reliable under Linux? ATI or NVidia video
> > cards?  I'm going to piece together a system between Thanksgiving and
> > Christmas, and I wanted a dual-DVI video card, one output to the TV,
> > the other to my monitor. Otherwise, I would have stuck with onboard
> > video.
> 
> Oh, and Michael...
> 
> Onboard video can often do what you're asking.
> 
> Our workstations at MTD use Intel onboard graphics with what's called
> an SDVO or ADD2 card.  They plug into a PCI Express slot, but consist
> of barely more than some connectors and a couple voltage
> level-shifting ICs.  They work with all motherboards with Intel
> integrated graphics, and come in a variety of output configurations.
> In our case, we're using dual-DVI cards.  They cost about $40.  Single
> DVI cards (which you can use in tandem with a motherboard that already
> has DVI-out - pretty common these days actually) cost about $15.
> There are also cards with S-Video and VGA outputs.
> 
> They _all_ work with Linux - regardless of motherboard or distribution
> choice (so long as it has an Intel chipset with integrated graphics,
> and a PCI-E x16 slot).
> 
> The wonders of having freely available documentation.
> 
> ;)

Hey that's MY schtict!

I was going to suggest Intel stuff, but wasn't sure if they came through
on the "cards".

And yes, Everything I buy now is getting the Intel Video... barring one
I am getting with HDMI output.
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