Put another way: most pc video hardware is poorly designed.
Perhaps it would be good to list any hardware which is well designed
in this aspect (can reach any state from an unknown state), and
hardware which is bad (can't reliably reach any state from an typical
unknown state).
Who would know enough to write such a list? Is the list of boards
with good designs empty? Or is there an opportunity here to reward
companies with good designs?
-- Raul