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Re: [PLUG] Want Video Card Recommendation
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Wisdom is to stick with nVidia. Their cards -are- better supported, the
ATI drivers are generally considered way inferior to the proprietary
nVidia drivers.
And if you ever get interested in running something like Linux MCE, then
you'll -have- to have nVidia to get the gl support.
You might also want GL for those cool desktop effects, like the rotating
cube in compiz.
Anyway, I used a 5200 FX for ages. Still do, in my 'work' machine. My
myth box runs an 8600GT, and I've been nothing but happy.
Casey Bralla wrote:
> I'm looking for a recommendation for a new video card.
>
> I'm not a gamer, so don't need anything close to bleeding edge. I want to be
> able to have groovy GL screen savers, but other than that, I can stay 2D.
>
> I've got an old nVidia card, which has worked fine with the closed source
> nVidia drivers, but is broken for X.org 1.5. (The most recent nVidia drivers
> support x 1.5, but my card is not supported by the latest drivers.) In the
> meantime, I'm using the open source "nv" drivers, which are pretty poor.
>
> I'm thinking of doing 2 things:
>
> 1. Nothing. Wait for nVidia to back-port Xorg 1.5 compatibility to the older
> cards.
>
> 2a. Buy a new, low cost nVidia-based card
> 2b. Buy a new, low cost ATI-based card
>
>
> I've heard that ATI is aggressively supporting open source, which is very
> nice. However, my experience is that ATI has better "promise" than actual
> performance. nVidia, on the other hand, has been very poor with open source,
> but their proprietary drivers are excellent.
>
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?
>
>
>
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