Re: [SLE] Need Video Card Recommendation
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 17:07:32 -0700
Greg,
On Monday 16 October 2006 17:31, Greg Wallace wrote:
... From years of
reading on this list, I get the impression that Radeon (ATI) is not
looked upon as being of the same quality as NVIDIA. ... All
recommendations greatly appreciated.
I now have one system with an ATI (Radeon 9600) and one with nVidia
(GeForce 7300). (Plus I have a fallback Matrox card with no DVI that I
used up until I got my first flat-panel display and the ATI card). I've
had the ATI card for over a year. The nVidia I've had only a week.
I have to say the nVidia experience, while shorter by far, has been less
problematic, at least as far as using the proprietary, 3D- /
OpenGL-supporting drivers goes. If the 3D stuff mattered to me, then
I'd be pretty frustrated with ATI (though I'm sure I could have made it
work). But by comparison, the nVidia driver installation was pretty
simple and straightforward based on the instructions on the openSUSE
Wiki.
The fact that you have to go through part of that installation procedure
with the system in non-graphics mode whenever a new kernel is installed
isn't ideal, but I already deal with a similar situation for VMware
(though that can be done in graphics mode). I consider it to be just
one of those fact-of-life things, at least for now.
I originally got the ATI card because of a Tom's Hardware review stating
that it had better DVI signal quality than nVidia. But I can now say
based on A-B comparison that you cannot tell the difference in
sharpness or clarity (text is what matters most for me, since these are
software development systems and I go for the smallest fonts that are
legible at arm's length). From that standpoint, they're both
outstanding and I'd never voluntarily go back to use a CRT or VGA.
But if the ultra-fancy 3D blizz matters to you (as it does to gamers,
primarily), then you'll need to consider these other issues of driver
installation.
Since there seems to be no consensus of experience hereabouts, it seems
like you're going to have to roll the dice... That, or do more
research. Ain't the 'Net great?
Greg Wallace
Randall Schulz
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