best new video cards for linux?

[dsr at tao.merseine.nu (dsr at tao.merseine.nu)]

On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 01:45:09PM -0400, Bob Keyes wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am at work at a biomedical research lab, and the video card on one of
> the machines crapped out. This is a machine that is dual boot linux /
> win98, a Dell Deminsion XPS B733 (733 mhz). The X windows has never been
> configured adequately, I believe it is some wierd compatibility problem.
> So I am looking for advice on a video card up to $100, that offers good
> resolution, 2D reasonable performnce, but doesn't need to be a great 3D
> card. It should have good accurate color though. It should be easy to get
> running in its high performance under redhat9 and work well with win98 as
> well (though I may try to get them to switch the windows side to win2k, as
> they have a spare license for it..win2k has always seemed like the least
> horrible MS-Windows product).

Sounds like a good time to buy a Matrox or ATI card.

They're well supported under X and W2K, with great 2D performance. 

A Matrox G450 with 32MB supports two monitors and runs about $80. This
is probably the best color accuracy choice. These are widely available
in both AGP and PCI versions, and coexist nicely with each other and
other video cards for multimonitor applications.

An ATI Radeon 7000 with 32MB supports one monitor and a TV or LCD for
about $40.

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