When it comes to Linux, I always recommend Nvidia-based video cards. ATI has a very bad history of driver support in Linux.
Chris On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Chris Faulkner <[email protected]>wrote: > Not trying to sound like a nvidia fanboi, but the 9800's is a pretty > good deal in the nvidia line unless you want to go with the GTX 240 > series. Linux support seems better on the nVidia side than the ATI > side. I've always had problems with ATI cards in linux. never had a > problem with nVidia in linux in my personal endeavors. > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The new 5770 cards with GDDR5 are quite nicely priced at $150 after > > rebate... I just bought the "overclocked" one by Diamond and so far I > like > > it, though I have not done ANYTHING that would use the 3d portion yet.... > > like I said I just got it... yesterday. > > > > Almost all manufacturers use reference designs as their card > manufacturing > > process so they are all pretty much the same. The overclocked models are > > the same, they just have hand picked GPUs that are tested and stable at > > higher clock speeds. > > > > Andy > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nlug-talk%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
