Re: ATI or NVIDIA ?

From: BenneJezzerette (jennifer755_at_cox.net)
Date: 05/19/05


Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:13:51 -0700


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Rudolf Usselmann wrote:
> Howdy All !
>
> so I am building a new system and am trying to decide which
> Video Card to get. It seems both ATI and NVIDAI have very
> similar High-End cards: PCI-Express, Dual DVI, 256MB DDR2, etc.
>
> In the past I used NVIDIA, because there just was no alternative.
> Their driver support for linux is just so-so ...
>
> But I have not used ATI, since I had an ATI card in a Notebook
> half a decade ago.
>
> What is the general opinion of this group, which one provides
> better drivers and support ? Most important issues is obviously
> drivers for ANY kind of linux and home build kernels ...
> I am planning to use a single desktop across two high res LCDs
> each 1600x1200 ...
>
> Any suggestions & recommendations welcomed !
>
> Thanks,
> rudi
> =============================================================
> Rudolf Usselmann, ASICS World Services, http://www.asics.ws
> Your Partner for IP Cores, Design, Verification and Synthesis
>
>
>
I have an nVidia GeForce 2 MX 400 64MB no DVI but am planning to get a
newer 4000. This one works great in Slackware 10.1 at 1400x1050 24Bit. I
have done many things, and recently installed the latest nVidia Drivers
and it works even better now. Recently upgraded my Motherboard is why,
the other board, only allowed AGP2X this one does AGP4X.
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