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On Wednesday 18 June 2008, Enrico Weigelt wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I've made the big mistake of bying an notebook w/ geforce go 6100. |
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> The proprietary drivers *never* worked for me - the binary kernel |
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> modules crashed the whole kernel (complete lockup) after a several |
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> seconds (doesnt even need X to come up for that). |
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> I've analyzed their module a bit and seen really bad things. |
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> Looks it's a hand-written bunch of assembler code with massive |
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> code obfuscation, just like Skype ;-o |
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> IMHO, if someone spends so much work into machine code obfuscation, |
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> he *really* has something to hide. Not just some "intellectual |
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> property" (which is outdated alfter a few months). |
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> Of course, opensource 3D support is (almost) not existing, |
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> (2D works very fine), and NVidia repeatedly states that they |
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> will NOT do the slightest attempt to improve the situation. |
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> So I strongly suggest, NOT to buy NV cards. |
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> (BTW: a few month ago, I managed to stop a customer from buying |
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> several hundreds of NV cards - yes, consulting jobs sometimes |
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> make really fun this way ;-P) |
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and what do you recommend? |
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ATI? Which 3d drivers are as bad as nvidia from 'obfuscation' point of view |
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and a lot worse if you compare the horror stories? Ati, whose drivers even |
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suck in windows? |
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Btw, most of the time people have problems with nvidia its either the cards |
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bios or the mobos. |
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Or Intel? With no 3d power at all? |
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