On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:17:49 -0500 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: <snippy> > As long as you aren't wanting to do heavy 3D processing, that is the > best choice. Intel graphics do support enough OpenGL features and > run them fast enough to handle compositing window managers and a good > number of desktop effects, if you want. However, the combination of > features and speed required for some modeling applications or > high-end games is simply not available from Intel.
You cant buy a AGP card with an intel GPU on it ;) And I don’t think the parent would want to replace there motherboard and maybe cpu! > > Heavy 3D support simply requires the NVIDIA blob. No choice. > > Soon the Nouveau driver will change that, but for now... > > I disagree that Heavy 3D support requires the NVIDIA blob. You can > also choose the AMD/ATI blob. Or, depending on your needs, the ATI > Radeon HD 4670 card may work with Free Software drivers. (IIRC, this > still requires a firmware blob, but things are getting better.) The ATI blob has problems keeping up with Kernel/xorg versions, which is fine if you stick to stock Debian, it also has a history of nasty bugs with 2D/3D not working with things that work fine under nVidia. In a perfect world, I would buy an ATI card and have it work perfectly with full 3D under FOSS drivers, but alas, that is not the case. Personally, I would advise supporting the more FOSS friendly company's eg Intel(would need a new mobo) or ATI, but stuff like video acceleration works so much better with the nVidia blob and vdpau. It all really depends on your workload requirements! ------ Regards, Angus Hedger Debian GNU/Linux User PGP Public Key 0xEE6A4B97
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