One more vote against ATI. Granted, Nvidia isn't perfect, but I can generally get everything working after a bit. ATI driver doesn't support the video mode that MythTV uses, so I can't use my wife's new laptop as a remove tv viewer.
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: > When it comes to Linux, I always recommend Nvidia-based video cards. ATI > has a very bad history of driver support in Linux. > Chris > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Chris Faulkner <cfaulkne...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Not trying to sound like a nvidia fanboi, but the 9800's is a pretty >> good deal in the nvidia line unless you want to go with the GTX 240 >> series. Linux support seems better on the nVidia side than the ATI >> side. I've always had problems with ATI cards in linux. never had a >> problem with nVidia in linux in my personal endeavors. >> >> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > The new 5770 cards with GDDR5 are quite nicely priced at $150 after >> > rebate... I just bought the "overclocked" one by Diamond and so far I >> > like >> > it, though I have not done ANYTHING that would use the 3d portion >> > yet.... >> > like I said I just got it... yesterday. >> > >> > Almost all manufacturers use reference designs as their card >> > manufacturing >> > process so they are all pretty much the same. The overclocked models >> > are >> > the same, they just have hand picked GPUs that are tested and stable at >> > higher clock speeds. >> > >> > Andy >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "NLUG" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- Don Delp 618.616.2993 http://nesman.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
