On Sat, 20 Apr 2002 17:34:54 +0200 Kristof Pelckmans <Kristof.Pelckmans@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I was wondering, if I had to choose between : > > - ATI All-in-wonder Radeon 7500 > - ATI All-in-wonder Radeon 8500 DV > - Matrox Marvel G450 eTV > - Any card based on NVIDIA Personal Cinema (such as Creative Labs 3D Blaster® > Personal Cinema) > > Which would be my best choice under Linux ? Frankly I think you'd be in a world of hurt with any of them. Unless you enjoy messing around with experimental / unstable drivers. gatos.sf.net says that the radion 8500 DV works. No mention of the 7500. the G450 eTV is just barely starting to work properly, according to the folks at marvel.sf.net - you may have to use a cvs snapshot, i don't know if any released version supports it. As for nvidia based cards, go look at the RivaTV homepage at http://drama.obuda.kando.hu/~fero/cgi-bin/rivatv.php - they seem to indicate that something works, but it's as clear as mud. All of the cards you have listed depend on reverse engineering for linux drivers, almost invariably this means that it won't work as well as it does under that other operating system. - Eric
