How good is support for Intel's GMA950?

[zachtib]

I'm looking to build a HTPC, and am looking for a good mATX motherboard. Many that I have found use Intel's GMA950 integrated graphics, and I was wondering how good the OpenGL support is on those chips. These boards have DVI and/or HDTV outputs on the motherboard, making them perfect for a HTPC. Howeever, now that Myth supports an OpenGL accelerated interface, I want a board that will be able to take advantage of that.

[prizrak]

Why not get an external card anyway?

[.t.]

I have a GMA 900 and I run Compiz perfectly smoothly (rarely dropping below 30FPS) with apps open through AIGLX. The drivers are the best out there as they're open-source and I'm sure the GMA950's even better. It'll be fine - the only program I've seen it slow down on is Nexuiz, and even then not much. So it'll be fine unless your going to be doing lots of gaming.

[zachtib]

Why not get an external card anyway?

A) because it's a lot cheaper to use integrated video, and a dedicated card is sort of overkill
B) I;m using a slim microATX case, so i have to use a mATX board almost all of which have onboard video already
C) the slim case only has 3 PCI slots on the back, so i don't want to use more slots than is necessary