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Hal Martin wrote: |
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> James wrote: |
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>> Platoali <platoali <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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>>> I want to know, what is the current status of ATI drivers in Linux? |
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>>> Does the problems have been solved? Can they compete with Nvidia? |
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> Just a suggestion, wait about a month before you buy, if you can. Both |
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> ATi and nVidia are poised to release new generations of cards, both |
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> which outperform their predecessors at a lower price point. |
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>> All religious questions, imho. Nvidia might have the latest edge in |
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>> pure performance, but, the movement to open up sources is definitely |
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>> an opportunity for a game changing situation, imho. |
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> nVidia user here, I haven't had any problems with their drivers. Sure, |
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> there's the occasional version with a memory leak, etc... and when |
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> that happens I just downgrade to the last stable version and wait for |
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> a better one to come out. |
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>>> And I want to know which one is better supported in Linux kernel |
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>>> regardless of how much open/free the drivers is. I'm currently |
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>>> thinking between Nvidia Quadro fx 1700 and Ati firegl 5600. Does |
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>>> anyone have any comment about them? |
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> Again, I haven't had any difficulties with the nVidia drivers. I'm |
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> running a GeForce 7900GTX, which uses the same linux driver as the |
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> Quadro does. |
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>> kernel newbies has some information for you to start your research: |
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>> Section 3 DRIVERS: |
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>> Section 3.1 Graphics: |
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>> http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges |
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>> http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges#head-d08660c208028aa2b3783826cd7935ab510b736f |
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>> You might also use this page for comparison purposes: |
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>> http://freestone-group.com/video-card-stability-test/benchmark-results.html |
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>> Personally, I like ATI, but it more because I believe that |
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>> AMD will come closer to doing what's best for opensource |
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>> rather than Nvidia or Intel. It would be great if I'm wrong.... |
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Doesn't Intel contribute drivers and code to very many F/OSS projects |
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including the kernel and Xorg? |
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--Joshua Doll |
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