He asked for opensource drivers, nvidia drivers are binary blobs.
On Jan 24, 2008 5:45 PM, David C. Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> M. Skiba wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 23. Januar 2008 22:03:53 schrieb Greg KH:
> >> Then don't buy nvidia hardware. Again, simple answer :)
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, can you recommend a good(similar features to
> > nVidia/ATI) graphic card, for which opensource drivers (including 'all'(at
> > least the most) features) exist?
> >
> > It should be able to run with Windows too and be able to play 3D games, etc.
> > (I'm honestly interested)
> >
> > Greetings
> > Michael
>
> Anything nVidia - NOT ATI!
>
> The nvidia driver support is great. ATI is a pain to get working I
> have
> current ATI bugs open right now - driver lock ups, library SONAME
> problems, See:
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338930
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338947
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=340459
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=344135
>
> I recently found an MSI nVidia 8600GT pci-e overclock edition card for
> $97. Gives over 10300 FPS in glxgears. ATI support for Linux drives lags
> well behind nvidia. (but it is improving) If you wait a month until the
> ATI 8.45 driver is out, things might be different, but that is where it
> stands now.
>
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