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From: Michal 'vorner' Vaner <vorner@×××.cz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:34:37
Message-Id: 20080617083433.GA14629@tarantula.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida by Platoali
1 Hello
2
3 On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:42:22PM +0430, Platoali wrote:
4 > And I want to know which one is better supported in Linux kernel
5 > regardless of how much open/free the drivers is. I'm currently
6 > thinking between Nvidia Quadro fx 1700 and Ati firegl 5600. Does
7 > anyone have any comment about them?
8
9 I had an nvidia some time ago (2 years). I had to give up 3D, since the
10 proprietary drivers gave me hell. Only about every third version worked
11 (only with every second kernel version). Even when it worked, it
12 sometimes crashed the whole kernel or didn't render fonts.
13
14 Now I have intel i915 and I'm happy. It is not a strong card, but it
15 supports 3D, I'm able to even play games on it, it allows plugging in
16 monitors at runtime (with X capable of resizing the screen & pretending
17 it is xinerama).
18
19 I have no experience with ati.
20
21 --
22 Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
23 -- Samuel Goldwyn
24
25 Michal 'vorner' Vaner