Re: ATI or NVIDIA ?
From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen_at_deathstar.prodigy.com)
Date: 05/23/05
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Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 16:30:34 GMT
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 !
If you have any oops or similar problems, a lot of kernel developers
will not even look at the problem if you have the nvidia drivers loaded.
I don't play games, so ATI support is fine for me, and I like to support
a company which supports open source. However, I believe the nvidia
performance is higher (last I looked) if that's a critical issue.
-- bill davidsen SBC/Prodigy Yorktown Heights NY data center http://newsgroups.news.prodigy.com
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