Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-18 Thread Platoali
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Robin Atwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 17 Jun 2008, Platoali wrote: > >> 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 A

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-18 Thread Robin Atwood
On Tuesday 17 Jun 2008, Platoali wrote: > 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? I don't know if thi

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Wednesday 18 June 2008, Bill Roberts wrote: > This is my first time replying to a thread using gmail, so I apologize > in advance if It ends up on the wrong end of the thread. > > There seems to be a big change coming in graphics: Intel is coming out > towards the end of the year with a motherb

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-18 Thread Bill Roberts
This is my first time replying to a thread using gmail, so I apologize in advance if It ends up on the wrong end of the thread. There seems to be a big change coming in graphics: Intel is coming out towards the end of the year with a motherboard with integrated graphics that will be competitive w

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread fire-eyes
Platoali wrote: Well, last night the graphic card of my laptop got broken. So I'm considering to replace it with a workstation for some graphic applications (Mainly blender and gimp.) I need 3d acceleration, and my poor laptop was rendering for hours to get my job done. So I decide to buy a works

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida (emacs or vi (gnome or kde) ...))

2008-06-17 Thread Iain Buchanan
Hi, I changed the subject slightly to make my point: Every person will have a different opinion, as the number of replies already shows. Everyone has had different experiences with either. Some people buy one card that never worked with the propriatary drivers, and therefore never buy from them

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread pk
Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: Yes, ATI has released docu. Yes, everybody is working on the drivers. But the open ones only do 2d so far and the closed ones are horrible. I have had quite a few ATI cards (all radeon class) and have been using fglrx for almost as long as it has been out and have

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Dienstag, 17. Juni 2008, Stroller wrote: > On 17 Jun 2008, at 17:18, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > ... > > if you want to make a political statement: buy ATI > > > > if you want to use the card with almost no problems and good > > performance: buy > > nvidia. > > This comparison seems to rath

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Stroller
On 17 Jun 2008, at 17:18, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: ... if you want to make a political statement: buy ATI if you want to use the card with almost no problems and good performance: buy nvidia. This comparison seems to rather neglect Intel. Sure, they come a third place in pure performa

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
On Dienstag, 17. Juni 2008, Platoali wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Hemmann, Volker Armin > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > if you want to make a political statement: buy ATI > > > > if you want to use the card with almost no problems and good performance: > > buy nvidia. >

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Platoali
On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Hemmann, Volker Armin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > if you want to make a political statement: buy ATI > > if you want to use the card with almost no problems and good performance: buy > nvidia. > > Yes, ATI has released docu. Yes, everybody is working on the

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Hemmann, Volker Armin
Hi, if you want to make a political statement: buy ATI if you want to use the card with almost no problems and good performance: buy nvidia. Yes, ATI has released docu. Yes, everybody is working on the drivers. But the open ones only do 2d so far and the closed ones are horrible. There are pr

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Justin
Platoali schrieb: Well, last night the graphic card of my laptop got broken. So I'm considering to replace it with a workstation for some graphic applications (Mainly blender and gimp.) I need 3d acceleration, and my poor laptop was rendering for hours to get my job done. So I decide to buy a wor

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Jesús Guerrero
Hello, I can only comment about my experience (facts). On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:42:22 +0430 Platoali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, last night the graphic card of my laptop got broken. So I'm > considering to replace it with a workstation for some graphic > applications (Mainly blender and gimp

Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Michal 'vorner' Vaner
Hello On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:42:22PM +0430, Platoali wrote: > 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 th

[gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida

2008-06-17 Thread Platoali
Well, last night the graphic card of my laptop got broken. So I'm considering to replace it with a workstation for some graphic applications (Mainly blender and gimp.) I need 3d acceleration, and my poor laptop was rendering for hours to get my job done. So I decide to buy a workstation instead a l