[NTLUG:Discuss] Great, budget, 'Best Practices' box

[David Simmons]

> On a side-note....if you're looking to do GLX...there's only a LIMITED
> amount of video cards that are compatible.  Here's the list:

Opps...take that back (as I'm not running the GLX window manager on my
nVidia 7600GT)...that was an old list....here's an updated list (and it's
source: http://en.opensuse.org/Xgl) :

    *  Intel
      All intel graphics chips need the newest packages of Xgl and compiz
for running flawlessly.
          o i915, i945
            Accelerated XVideo is broken on these cards. See Troubleshooting.

    * NVidia
      All NVIDIA cards need the proprietary driver for running Xgl.
Currently you will need to uninstall and reinstall the xgl rpm after
installing the proprietary NVidia driver.
          o GeForce 4xxx series
            XVideo is not accelerated on these cards.
          o GeForce FX 5xxx series, Quadro FX series
            Accelerated XVideo is hitting a slow path on these cards, it
is under investigation.
          o GeForce 6xxx series
          o GeForce 7xxx series

    * ATI
          o Mobility Radeon 9700 SE: Xgl running with proprietary fglrx
driver 8.23
          o Radeon X300: Xgl running with proprietary fglrx driver 8.23