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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-user]  Re: Ati or Nvida
From:       Joshua D Doll <joshua.doll () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-06-17 22:18:04
Message-ID: 4858381C.40004 () gmail ! com
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Hal Martin wrote:
> James wrote:
>> Platoali <platoali <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>
>>  
>>> I want to know, what is the current status of ATI drivers in Linux?
>>> Does the problems have been solved? Can they compete with Nvidia?
>>>     
> Just a suggestion, wait about a month before you buy, if you can. Both 
> ATi and nVidia are poised to release new generations of cards, both 
> which outperform their predecessors at a lower price point.
>> All religious questions, imho. Nvidia might have the latest edge in 
>> pure performance, but, the movement to open up sources is definitely
>> an opportunity for a game changing situation, imho.
>>   
> nVidia user here, I haven't had any problems with their drivers. Sure, 
> there's the occasional version with a memory leak, etc... and when 
> that happens I just downgrade to the last stable version and wait for 
> a better one to come out.
>>
>>
>>  
>>> And I want to know which one is better supported in Linux kernel
>>> regardless of how much open/free  the drivers is. I'm currently
>>> thinking between Nvidia Quadro fx 1700 and Ati firegl 5600. Does
>>> anyone have any comment about them?
>>>     
> Again, I haven't had any difficulties with the nVidia drivers. I'm 
> running a GeForce 7900GTX, which uses the same linux driver as the 
> Quadro does.
>> kernel newbies has some information for you to start your research:
>> Section 3 DRIVERS:
>> Section 3.1 Graphics:
>> http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
>>
>> http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges#head-d08660c208028aa2b3783826cd7935ab510b736f 
>>
>>
>>
>> You might also use this page for comparison purposes:
>>
>> http://freestone-group.com/video-card-stability-test/benchmark-results.html 
>>
>>
>> Personally, I like ATI, but it more because I believe that
>> AMD will come closer to doing what's best for opensource
>> rather than Nvidia or Intel. It would be great if I'm wrong....
>>
Doesn't Intel contribute drivers and code to very many F/OSS projects 
including the kernel and Xorg?

--Joshua Doll


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