[Open-graphics] Consumer availability of video card.

[Nick Lidakis]

Excuse me if the question I am about to ask has been answered or 
elaborated on; I have been on the list, as a lurker, for a while and try 
to follow most of the not too technical discussions. I'm not a computer 
professional by trade (emergency medicine), but have been using Linux 
and open source software as my main desktop platform for the last ten 
years and can really appreciate the work being accomplished here.

When does Traversal expect to have a working video card (not the 
developer's card) available to consumers? My computing needs are 
entirely being met with an Athlon X2 4800+ on an Asus motherboard 
currently running NVIDIA graphics. It seems that if I want open source 
video now, I would have to replace RAM, motherboard, and CPU to take 
advantage of something from Intel with its integrated X3000 series 
graphics. But if something from Traversal were available in, say, the 
next seven to nine months, I could just get rid of the NVIDIA card and 
keep the rest of the system.

BTW, is there a pre-order page?

Sincerely,

Nick