Re: "best" high performance video card for debian

From: Roberto Sanchez (roberto_at_familiasanchez.net)
Date: 01/04/05

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    dorn hetzel wrote:
    > Ok, I know this is a subjective question with subjective answers, but
    > would anyone care to venture personal recommendations on good high
    > performance video cards which work well and are relatively easy to
    > get X up and running well on. Platform would be some flavor of
    > debian with 2.6.10ish kernel. Bonus points for pci-express cards
    > known to work well :)
    >
    > -Dorn
    >
    >

    If you want to be able to game (CS, NWN, UT, etc.) then get an nVidia
    card, flat out. The reason is that most modern games utilize S3
    Texture Compression, which is patented. The binary drivers for nVidia
    are far and away better than the binary drivers for ATI. I should know,
    I struggled with the binary ATI drivers for over a year. When I finally
    bought an nVidia card, the binary drivers Just Worked(TM).

    If gaming is NOT a concern, then buy an ATI card. If you want good
    3D acceleration, then everything upto and including the 9200 is
    extremely well supported in the current XFree86 in Sid/Sarge. I have
    had the open source dri drivers give my up to 25% better performance
    than the binary ATI drivers.

    Overall, the ATI card, if it is supported by XFree86, is easier to get
    working. But, if you want gaming performance, your only real choice
    is an nVidia.

    -Roberto Sanchez 

    


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