I have to say that I'm in the market for a new system, or possibly upgrades to my old system. My Matrox G450 has worked well for years, but it's too darn slow for OpenGL stuff now. Esp since I'm on a 550mhz PIII Xeon (dual) box. kstratton> I am al little unfamiliar with ATI and their video kstratton> cards(chips) numbering system. Does releasing information kstratton> of the HD 2000 series mean all 2X00 HD cards may be kstratton> supportable in the future with an open source video driver? This announcement from AMD/ATI has really gotten my interest. I've been thinking about which system to get and I had almost decided on an Intel solution precisely because the drivers were more open. But now I think I can wait and get an AMD solution instead. Maybe. :] kstratton> If this is the case, cards like the HD 2600 XT may start kstratton> looking more attractive than lets say an 7300 or 7600 kstratton> Nvidia card. I currently use www.tomshardware.com and kstratton> www.anandtech.com for a general overview of PC technology. kstratton> Are there any other sites worth looking at? I am not a kstratton> hard core gamer (For me to spend $300 on a video card is kstratton> ridiculous), but I am interested in affordable and power kstratton> efficient technology. I'm curious what people think of the AMD/ATI line of cards for 2D graphics and clarity? The Matrox cards always had a stellar rep for crystal clear 2-d text and I want to stay with that, since I primarily use only 2-d stuff. Thanks, John