Re: Hardware recommendations for a newbie.

Andy <no@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I'll look towards an Intel machine (dual core will be sufficient) and
Nvidia graphics.

I would go with ATI graphics cards. The specifications are available for
many of the cards, and open source drivers can be developed, if they are
not already available.

I am using older Radeon cards with open source 3D, but I think many of
the newer cards work fine now.

Technical specifications are available for ATI Radeon HT2000 chipset and
Radeon X1000 and newer graphics processors, so open source drivers can
be developed, if they are not already available.

Nvidia graphics ties you to vendor supplied binaries, with no public
source code or technical specifications currently available.

Regards,

Mark.

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