On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 13:21, Don Delp <[email protected]> wrote:
> One more vote against ATI.  Granted, Nvidia isn't perfect, but I can
> generally get everything working after a bit.  ATI driver doesn't
> support the video mode that MythTV uses, so I can't use my wife's new
> laptop as a remove tv viewer.
>
> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Chris McQuistion
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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
>>> >
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I have an ATI card, but I run it in VESA mode for Xorg. Isn't Catalyst
something new ATI has out like Noveau for NV?

gk

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