Easiest video chipsets to use with linux

[lagdawg]

I am putting together a new box from scratch. It will have an athlon xp 3200+ processor and 512mb ram. I would like suggestions on video card brands or chipsets that are easiest to set up in linux. i know that some are harder to setup and cause more problems than others, and I want something simple so I don't waste all my time trying to install the video card. I currently run MDK 10.0 on all my computers but with this new box I would be trying out different distros as well.

[XiaoKJ]

For simplicity, all NVIDIA cards use the generic nvidia driver from NVIDIA.com, so it should be very common, and headache-saving too. For performance you may like an ATI, but you have to do more for the drivers.

Oh, this is very common and please search before asking.

[Daedrus]

It depends on what you are looking at doing. If you want 3D I would recommend going with a nVidia card mainly because of the support. I have never had a problem configuring my GeForce 440MX card at home with the downloads from the nVidia site.

I would recommend staying away from Intel video chipsets. I have had a lot of problems with onboard cards at work not getting better res than 640x480 and I have had to add ATI Rage cards to the systems to get any better res.

My $0.02