I do have an Intel (on laptop), AMD (integrated and discrete) and Nvidia (2 x discrete).
Intel on 9.04 is acceptable using the repos with the latest drivers, but with the original drivers was a mess. Now I can run Blender without issues. The screen freezes sometime and there were some crashes when starting a second X session or logging out from X (without shuting down). I haven't seen those in a while, but I tend to avoid them now that I consider them as 'dangerous' operations. ATI was ok, but had trouble with outputing video on my TV without tearing. That was a stopper for me, so I've replaced it with a cheap Nvidia. Now I use Nvidia on both my desktops (with the proprietary drivers). I am satisfied with them, though I admit I would prefer an open-source solution. Cheers, Ionutz On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Liam Wilson<[email protected]> wrote: > Joe Sloan wrote: >> >> That's IMHO a rough oversimplification. >> >> Nvidia has always had good performing, albeit closed source, linux video >> drivers. I've bought a lot of nvidia cards over the years and I like them >> for gaming. While their drivers are closed source, they have always been >> very quick to update them and they track kernel updates very quickly. >> >> ATI has historically offered half hearted linux support and closed source >> video drivers for linux, very late, lacking features and performing worse >> than their windoze drivers. Their recent opening up to linux will help >> matters but it is taking time. In the long term they may be a good choice. >> >> Intel graphics have generally not been as high performance as nvidia or >> ati, but they have the benefit of "just working" out of the box, with 3D >> support in the official linux kernel, with open source drivers based on >> intels published video card specs. They do work nicely for desktop effects >> and some gaming. The folks at intel are in the process of revamping the >> video drivers, and ubuntu 9.04 users with intel video are suffering with a >> half baked driver situation - however by 9.10 the intel video situation will >> be greatly improved. Even with 9.04 there are repositories for kernel >> updates and intel video drivers, which dramatically improve the video >> performance. >> >> So, who hates intel? They seem to have done fairly well by linux, compared >> to most firms. >> >> Joe >> >> Danny Piccirillo wrote: >>> >>> I was wondering about the state of open source graphics drivers today and >>> which companies are the most friendly. My understanding, and i'm hoping that >>> you can either confirm or correct this, is that: NVIDIA has linux drivers, >>> but none of them are open (there is a project for that but nvidia doesn't >>> offer open drivers themselves). Intel has open drivers, but we all hate >>> Intel for one reason >>> <http://pinstack.blogspot.com/2009/01/efi-hidden-threat-to-computing-freedom.html> >>> or another >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface#Criticism>. >>> AMD/ATI have opened everything, but it's taking us some time to catch up >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > I dont really have a problem with Intel, since I'm running one of thier > cards on 9.04. Yeah, sure, I can't play some games, like Warzone, but I can > wait until 9.10 is out. After all, it's only a game... > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
