cheapish video card for Linux

Wed Apr 26 05:32:38 UTC 2006

As I understand it, the latest ATI video card that has an open source
driver with 3d acceleration is the 9250.  I've also heard that it
might cease to be manufactured soon (but I actually doubt this).

CTY is selling this model cheap -- $35.99 this week.  This may not be
the best one possible.  (AGP, 128M, s-video and VGA out).

http://www.cty.ca/specials.htm

Canada Computers has several models based on this chip.  One with the
same features as the CTY one, plus a DVI out, costs $43.99.  Well
worth it if you might want to drive two displays or to drive a good
LCD (one with DVI).
  http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=006186&cid=999.821&PHPSESSID=a417dc5c68a6f1b694f71f2ba51670b4

Another one uses PCI instead of agp, but is significantly pricier at
$73.99:
  http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=005884&cid=999.876&PHPSESSID=a417dc5c68a6f1b694f71f2ba51670b4

They have other models too, but the descriptions are not complete.

Oh, filtechcomputer.com beats Canada Computer's prices by a bit.
Other stores may too.

Some models have 64-bit access to memory and some have 128-bit.  The
specs are not clear.
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