I'm going shopping for a new system, what's the best video card for me? Here are my particulars:
I will be running KDE 4.2, and I want full desktop effects. There's no reason why Linux should get all the eyecandy and FreeBSD stuck with "legacy" desktops. I won't be running games though. This is a productivity system, not a toy. I am also picky about my picture quality. Brief flashies, tearing, and stuff like that annoys me.
I also require an Open Source video driver. So NVidia is out of the question. That leaves me with ATI and Intel. The Intel chipsets seem to be well supported, but are all integrated on motherboards. Will this cause a problem? Newer ATI cards look to be poorly supported, with most cards currently on store shelves to have no hardware acceleration.
I'm currently looking at two boards:
Intel GMA 4500 (integrated on motherboard)
Radeon X1550
Advice, recommendations, and comments appreciated. Thanks.
I will be running KDE 4.2, and I want full desktop effects. There's no reason why Linux should get all the eyecandy and FreeBSD stuck with "legacy" desktops. I won't be running games though. This is a productivity system, not a toy. I am also picky about my picture quality. Brief flashies, tearing, and stuff like that annoys me.
I also require an Open Source video driver. So NVidia is out of the question. That leaves me with ATI and Intel. The Intel chipsets seem to be well supported, but are all integrated on motherboards. Will this cause a problem? Newer ATI cards look to be poorly supported, with most cards currently on store shelves to have no hardware acceleration.
I'm currently looking at two boards:
Intel GMA 4500 (integrated on motherboard)
Radeon X1550
Advice, recommendations, and comments appreciated. Thanks.