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Peter Humphrey <peter <at> prh.myzen.co.uk> writes: |
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> > Maybe you chose unwisely?............(get ATI next time) unless |
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> I've used nVidia cards for many years. When I bought my first one |
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> (maybe 20 years ago) ATI support in Linux was woeful, and the doggerel |
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> had it that the hardware was less competent too, so I chose nVidia. |
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> Since then I've seen more cries for help on this list from ATI |
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> owners than nVidia, so it's not clear to me which is the better choice |
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> these days. > Since I don't do bigotry my choice is on technical grounds, |
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> and I don't > need hardware 3D acceleration. So the jury's still out as |
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> far as I'm concerned. Well, maybe CUDA might ramp up my contribution |
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> rate to BOINC projects a bit. Again, no obvious winner. |
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I agree with all you have said. However Nvidia's policies, not their |
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hardware, is the problem, hence the degraded comment on their reputation. |
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A company may struggle with the latest, robust hardware, but they |
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do not have to behave as "jerks". Nvidia's lack of copperation with |
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their old hardware, puts them in the "jerks" column in my mindset. |
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Even cisco provides full and complete sources, (from russia with love!). |
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The person is using old hardware, and for a very long time, ATI has |
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been the better choice for folks using old (video) hardware. He's not |
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pushing the limits of performance; he just wants (needs?) a video card with |
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an open source solution. I like to (stongly) suggest to folks to |
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use their "checkbook" to influence the behavior of vendors, ymmv. |
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Folks with low_dollars are almost aways better off with ATI, particualar |
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if they intend to run 'vintage video hardware', imho. |
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peace and good hunting, |
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James |
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