Re: Linux and videocards : ATI Radeon 9200SE or 9600Pro versus Geforce FX200 or FX5700

From: Jerry McBride (mcbrides9_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/08/04

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    Måns Rullgård wrote:

    > PraetorJudis <pj@pjsattic.com> writes:
    >
    >> Pugi! wrote:
    >>
    >>> A couple of years ago it was recommended to use Geforce instead of ATI
    >>> when working with linux, is this still the case ?
    >>> Are these videocards supported by linux ? Which one is best ? What linux
    >>> distro and version are u using ?
    >>>
    >>> thanx,
    >>>
    >>> Pugi!
    >>
    >> I'm just as rabidly anti-Ati and pro-Linux as Mike Cox is the other way
    >> around. I find, in general, NVIDIA cards to have superior drivers under
    >> both Win and Lin. Even with an Ati card properly configured under Linux,
    >> I
    >> have still had problems with several games. In fact, the majority of
    >> video card configuration issues I've dealt with over the years have been
    >> Ati issues.
    >>
    >> So I guess I'd reccomend the FX5700...
    >
    > I'm surprised that nobody has brought up picture quality in this
    > thread. In my experience, Nvidia cards tend to have inferior quality,
    > with somewhat blurry picture, shadows, etc. These defects are not
    > usually noticeable when playing games, so for a gaming machine it
    > might not make much of a difference. For any serious work, I'd stay
    > away from Nvidia. ATI cards are definitely better. For pure 2D work,
    > Matrox cards have a good reputation, and I can't complain about my
    > 3Dlabs card.
    >

    I agree with you on that last line... Matrox cards deliver the absolute best
    picture quality of all the vid cards I've tired. Yup, not the fastest, but
    definitely the prettiest... 

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