I forgot to comment on video. I have used NVIDIA for years. I am a
registered ATI and NVIDIA developer and have had experience with both in
Linux (most recent experience is with NVIDIA).
That said, for the past year or more NVIDIA has increasingly
dissappointed me with their Linux drivers. The last few times I've
upgraded systems, X has broken to the point that it's taken me hours to
fix it. The result has been days or weeks of system down time because I
simply do not have the time to spend fscking around with a part of the
OS that should "just work", instead of developing software to put food
on the table.
Though this new system has an NVIDIA card in it (because it was built
mainly with Windows game playing and development in mind), if I were to
purchase a new Linux box, I would seriously look into an ATI card. Since
AMD has purchased ATI, and they have opened up their specs and are
embracing the OSS community, I believe that possibly there is now some
Linux competition for NVIDIA.
Beyond that, I can't say any more since I do not currently own an ATI
card. I can say that once the NVIDIA drivers are installed and
configured, the NVIDIA cards are extremely good in Linux.
PGA
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