[wplug] ATI 9250 vs. Matrox G450

[Ben Beige]

The one major diferance is if you want 3D acceleration for anyhtign
you want the ATI card, the G450 has no 3D chipset.

On 8/29/06, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net> wrote:
> Hi all-
>
> A fried motherboard has pushed me into a question - which performs
> better under Linux/X, a Matrox G450 or an ATI Radeon 9250-based
> card (e.g.,
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121525>)?
>
> It seems obvious that the older Matrox card should be slower, but I
> don't have any real-world experience to support that.  Neither of
> them are particularly speed demons, but I don't play any fancy
> games - I'd just like something that works reasonably well for
> Celestia and the like.
>
> Note that I would not be using proprietary drivers for either card.
> Oh, and if anyone has a card in this performance range they want to
> unload for cheap, let me know.  Thanks.
>
> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
> vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger
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Ben Beige
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