[lug] Good 2D video card

[Gary Hodges]

I'm going to be piecing together a PC for work in the coming weeks, and
I'm trying to decide on a video card for 2D work.  The monitor I'm
buying is capable of 2048x1536 at 75Hz, though I'll likely run it at the
advertised "optimum" resolution of 1600x1200 @85Hz.  I've spent hours
reading newsgroup postings via google, and it looks like the Matrox G400
w/16 MB RAM is what I want.  I'll more than likely install the newest
Red Hat dist., and having the card work "out-of-the-box" is very
important to me.  The ATI Radeon cards seem like a good choice also, but
I've been seeing newsgroup postings about incompatibility problems with
AMD 761 chipsets.  BTW, I "think" I've settled on the GigaByte GA-7DX MB
w/AMD 1.4 266FSB.  Another MB I was looking at is the Asus A7M266, but
there seem to be issues with that board and ECC RAM.

If anyone has any first hand experience, or advice in general about any
of the above, I would love to hear it.

Cheers,
Gary