On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 23:52 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > 2. Choice of integrated GPU
As you already pointed out the price point is important too, so NVIDIA and ATI are still good recommendations. Intel might be better, I don't know, since I'm one of those, who don't own a Gold-[censored, referring to the Grimm Brothers]. However ... > The newer the GPU the more time you'll spend fighting with installing > experimental kernels, modules, x.org settings, etc. ... ATI's disadvantage is, that older graphics aren't supported by current proprietary drivers, but older proprietary drivers only work with outdated versions of X and the FLOSS driver's 3D support isn't good. Using old NVIDIA graphics with current proprietary drivers usually doesn't cause issues and even the FLOSS driver's 3D acceleration is very good. I own both, ATI and NVIDIA and have to replace the cards from time to time. Depending to the usage, e.g. when using a kernel-rt, I sometimes need to use the less good supported ATI graphics. IOW if a perfectly tuned machine is needed, there is no guaranty that a graphics will be good, that is known to work with Linux. Even if you don't need 3D acceleration, but e.g. audio real-time, hardware, not only the graphics that works today, might not work tomorrow. That's the risk of using Linux, FreeBSD etc.. I recommend NVIDIA over ATI, but currently I'm using my ATI graphics ;). Since a graphics doesn't cost very much, I wouldn't care about the integrated graphics, at least not for a tower PC, it might be different for Laptops. IMO it's better to buy a modo that's too new, than one that's too old. Even a too new mobo that does cause issues with Linux likely will work in two years. It would be nice, if people would use a computer for ten or more years and not buy a new one every 4 years. In Germany bulky waste, such as computers, a few times in the year is put out to the sidewalks. I got much of my computer equipment from this bulky wast. People who don't use a computer for ten years and more are responsible for this: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=agbogbloshie+images Agbogbloshie is the computer garbage dump of _all_ Western nations. Regards, Ralf PS: Those who send HTML formatted mails to this thread, please, if you send HTML formatted mails, at least take care about endless lines. Side scrolling to read a mail isn't nice. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1380089175.778.68.camel@archlinux
