Re: linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread Kurt Granroth
Matt Graham wrote: After a long battle with technology, Kurt Granroth wrote: [snip] The ThinkPad series has a great reputation but I'll have to say that I am grown to thoroughly detest the T42, T43, and T60 models. Based on those, I'm not so sure I can recommend the brand anymore... OK... wha

Re: linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread Matt Graham
After a long battle with technology, Kurt Granroth wrote: [snip] > The ThinkPad series has a great reputation but I'll have to say that I > am grown to thoroughly detest the T42, T43, and T60 models. Based on > those, I'm not so sure I can recommend the brand anymore... OK... what, exactly, was w

Re: linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread Kurt Granroth
Josh Coffman wrote: Ok, before anyone says something.. I know these are closed source. I'm fine with that although I realize some people aren't for understandable reasons. When the open source versions support the same features and performance with stability, I'll use it. I need to buy a new la

Re: linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread Josh Coffman
> > Intel. > > Intel has been providing specs for a long time, so drivers are in better > shape. > > I've found getting effects or dual-head working on ATI and nVidia to be a > pain. I've had good luck running compiz and beryl when it was around on my old HP laptop with an older nvidia card and th

Re: linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread der.hans
Am 12. Aug, 2008 schwätzte Josh Coffman so: Ok, before anyone says something.. I know these are closed source. I'm fine with that although I realize some people aren't for understandable reasons. When the open source versions support the same features and performance with stability, I'll use it

Re: linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread Patrick C
I just bought a new Thinkpad T61p, and it still lives up to IBM's old standards of quality. The video card is an Nvidia Quadro FX 570M, and performs quite well. AFAIK, while ATI's newer graphics chipsets have good Linux support, those chipsets haven't really filtered down to laptop manufacturers/em

Re: linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread Dan Lund
You know, as bad as it might sound I've had nothing but success and love for nvidia's driver support under Linux. Thanks, Dan Lund It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wicked

Re: linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread Matt Graham
From: "Josh Coffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I need to buy a new laptop and I'm going to dual boot it. Which has > better linux drivers: ATI or NVidia? > I assume both support compiz-fusion with recent cards, right? About 6 months ago, trying to use ATi's evil binary modules with compiz-fusion resu

linux drivers: Nvidia vs ATI

2008-08-12 Thread Josh Coffman
Ok, before anyone says something.. I know these are closed source. I'm fine with that although I realize some people aren't for understandable reasons. When the open source versions support the same features and performance with stability, I'll use it. I need to buy a new laptop and I'm going to