[lug] video card recommandation for 1680x1050?

[Ben Burdette]

dio2002 at indra.com wrote:
>> Does anyone have video card recommendations for 1680x1050 resolution?  I'm
>> looking for something very generic, but with better resolution than the
>> minimal controllers built into motherboards.  (I think mine is currently
>> only supported to 1024x768 under Linux, and 1200x1024(?) under Windows.)
>>     
>
> I'd also be interested if anybody has recently purchased and installed
> vcard that supports 1920 x 1200 and didn't have to do a lot of proprietary
> driver / config wrangling to make it work.  Anything working out of the
> box these days with RH?
I dunno about RH, but i have mine working fine with ubuntu now.  I'm 
using a samsung 24 inch monitor and a nvidia 8800gts.  It did take some 
doing though - the standard ubuntu driver install resulted in a 
non-working x.  I used a script called envy, which I found here:

http://www.albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

People have had varying degrees of success according to the forums, but 
for me it worked. 

Here's an article that claims that ATI will be massively improving their 
linux drivers in the near future.  If you're an ATI fan you might keep 
an eye on developments there:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=821&num=1