On Friday 29 Nov 2013 21:34:04 Dale wrote: > Chris Stankevitz wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm reading all these messages about Nvidia driver versions causing > >> problems and I'm wondering if for my next box I should just stick with > >> radeon, which has not really given me any trouble for as long as I can > >> remember. > > > > Mick, > > > > I've been running nvidia-drivers on my Gentoo laptop for three years > > and have two major problems: > > > > 1. Any particular nvidia driver version is only compatible with only > > certain kernel versions. This condition is due to the way the NVIDIA > > driver works. Gentoo portage was just not designed to handle such a > > rule "package x requires kernel y" so it is left to us users to deal > > with via masks. For some reason (?) I only had to deal with this rule > > during the period ~July 2013 - October 2013. > > > > 2. The latest stable version of the nvidia drivers do not allow > > gnome-terminal windows to close. This problem too just started > > happening after years of trouble-free gnome-terminal closing. > > > > It is frustrating... but I'm stuck with NVIDIA-drivers because I use > > CUDA. If 1) this sort of thing bothers you and 2) radeon doesn't have > > similar problems, then by all means please switch to radeon and let us > > know how it goes! > > > > PS: Installing the CUDA runtime and SDK is easier on Gentoo than on > > any other linux distro. > > > > Chris > > I to have been using Nvidia video cards for years with little problem. > Lately tho, my motto has started showing. If it ain't working, switch > to something else. I like Nvidia cards but if they won't work right, > that's a problem. > > Mick, if you switch, let us know how it went. I know at one time Radeon > cards were a nightmare. That was a while back tho. No clue on current > things although I hear about less problems too. > > Dale
Sorry, I seem to not have made myself clear: I always have owned ati-radeon cards, for reasons of pure coincidence I guess. I remember having some problems with the (very) early radeon driver but for the best part of 10 years now and multiple PCs I have not really had any problems. I don't play games and do not use blender or any 3D intensive software. Friends who play games swear by NVidia and won't use anything else. I am about to build a new rig and have been flirting with the idea of going NVidia this time. I'm not sure CUDA will make a noticeable difference (will it? on a quad core CPU?) so if I go for NVidia it will be because it is a new thing for me to try. However, with all these reports of problems here and in other forums I am having second thoughts ... -- Regards, Mick
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