SLUG Mailing List ArchivesSLUG Mailing List ArchivesI agree with open drivers,but if you are going to go buy an $80 video card and use it right away. The nvidia is the best option. Yes its a binary driver and no there isnt source code, so yes it taints your kernel. But right now, today, nvidia binary driver works the best.
So having installed your inexpensive video card and installed a binary driver you can get on with work.
I am a long time ATI fan and felt dirty inside when i gave in and started buying NVIDIA. however, as above, it works and works well and i can get on with work whilst waiting for the drivers to open source. When ATI drivers get solid, i will send my bucks to AMD for my video card along with my bucks they are already getting for my CPUs.
Buying any video card is *never* an investment. You are always just putting a lighter to your money.
Dean Daniel Pittman wrote:
Masood <masoodbeh@xxxxxxxxx> writes:I have a NVIDIA 8500 on my Hardy and it works fine in dual-monitor mode. I hate the fact the driver is proprietary but so is AMD's.AMD / ATI have released the specifications for their cards, including 3D support, which puts them back in the position they were in some years ago. While you probably still want the binary ATI driver for cutting edge hardware today you can expect, probably within the year, that you will be using a solid and stable open source ATI driver. You cannot expect the same thing with NVIDIA, despite the amazing efforts of the Renouveau project to reverse engineer their hardware. Unless you have a *very* compelling reason today an ATI card is a vastly better investment and will support companies who are responsive to the open source community (ATI and AMD) rather than, well, NVIDIA. Regards, Daniel
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