[lug] Core i7 / Linux / graphics

[Steven A Hart]

  Hey everyone,

I'm trying to put together a new system for a client using a Core i7 
sandybridge processor and I've got myself all confused about the built 
in graphics that are included.  With the core 2 quads I'd just get a pci 
express video card which was NVIDIA based and the job was done.  Now I'm 
seeing some sort of built in graphics on the processor and the 
motherboards come with an HDMI port but say they do not have an onboard 
video chipset.  Hence my confusion.

So if I buy the i7, with no pci express video card, and no onboard 
graphics on the MB, will Linux still run with accelerated  graphics?  I 
just don't want to shell out the money and then have the thing not work 
as I expect.

Any advice for this idiot (i.e. me) would be appreciated!

Steve
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