[wellylug] video card choice

[Richard Hector]

Hi all,

Any suggestions on linux-friendly video cards?

I want free drivers, PCIe, for a new AMD 64-bit machine, and ability to
do dual-head. Does anything exist?

My understanding, as one who pays little attention to hardware, is that:

ATI Radeon 92xx and below work fine, but aren't available for PCIe
Newer ATI cards don't work very well under linux if at all
nVidia cards work ok, but need binary drivers
Intel chipsets work ok, but may need hackery for odd resolutions, and
aren't available as separate cards, so are hard to use with AMD systems

How do other brands compare? SiS? Matrox? Others?

Have I missed anything obvious?

Thanks,

Richard