Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Quote:Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> the Radeon 9200 that was our top supported card just a few years ago
The Radeon 9200 was never the fastest R200-based card
> these drivers will be vital to the X64 fork
All the more incentive to skip some generations I'd say
Yes, actually if you want to split hairs, it's not even an R200 card.
Although I lump everything from the 8500 to the 9200 in that category/generation.
And that would leave you're best choices as the 8500 or 9100.
As to skipping earlier generations, I like having the option of using cards that came before the GCN cards.
They offer a good value for your money.
And they're easier to get working under Linux.
But, we should see GCN eventually, nothing is ever on a timetable, so we've got to be patient and wait at least 'two weeks'.
