> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: >> -------------------------- >>> Message: 5 >>> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:58:11 +0000 (UTC) >>> From: Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Subject: Re: X.org server 1.5: An ABI Too Far? >>> To: fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> Message-ID: <loom.20080317T225330-558@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf <at> omen.com> writes: >>> >>>> I checked with several of the area computer parts stores and >>>> didn't find any PCI-E video cards old enough to work with >>>> the open source ATI driver. >>>> >>> >>> A Radeon X1050 (which is an RV370 chipset, supported in both 2D and 3D >>> by the Free radeon and r300_dri drivers) shouldn't be that hard to >>> find. I don't know where you live, but where I live there are several >>> such models available. >>> >>> Kevin Kofler >>> >> The Portland Oregon area isn't the technological outpost it was when >> I start work at Tektronix in 1968. I checked Iguana Micro, ENU, >> Pace Computers, and Fry's web sites. Chances are they sold X1050 >> PCI boards at one time, but no more. Fry's did list an AGP board, >> but AGP is so yesterday. My last four motherboards are PCI-E. >> > > Have you tried Free Geek? They had several PCI video cards at very > affordable prices last time I was there. > > http://freegeek.org/sales.php > > The page seems to be a little out of date as they have newer stuff than > what is listed there, including things like SATA and ethernet cables for > $1. Pacific Solutions still carries PCI video cards. They may also have the motherboard you are looking for. http://www.pacificsolutions.com/ The only reason to care about the new video cards is if you are into games or are running compiz or some other heavy OpenGL app. A reason you might want a new motherboard is if you want hardware virtualization. Having a motherboard/cpu that supports it makes VMWare run *so* much faster. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
