On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 10:00:02PM -0600, Michael Torrie wrote: > On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 20:49 -0600, Brian Hawkins wrote: > > I have FC6 and I'm looking for an ATI based video card that has dual DVI > > output. I want a dual flat screen setup. Does anyone have > > recommendations or experience with such a card on FC6? > > > > I have an nvidia and their driver keeps locking up my machine. > > You're asking for an awful lot. > > You'll have worse luck with ATI, especially if you have a wide-aspect > ratio monitor. NVidia's drivers are flaky, but ATI's are far far worse. > My work computer had an ATI in it (dual DVI) and I threw it out for a > middle-of-the-road nvidia card. NVidia is the lesser of two evils here. > > I haven't had any stability problems with NVidia's drivers in years now. > I use their 64-bit drivers at work and the 32-bit ones at home. > Occasionally X will lock up (like once a year), but other than that it's > fairly good, considering.
Interesting. I have an ATI card on my laptop (http://www.charlescurley.com/Lenovo.R51.html) and another on my desktop, and I have had no problems with the laptop. The desktop locked up today while I was running Google Earth, but that's the first lockup I've had since I installed the card early in March. I had an Nvidia card in the desktop, and it was always giving me fits, with the nv driver or with the Nvidia driver. Laptop: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] Desktop: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AS [Radeon 9550] 01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AS [Radeon 9550] (Secondary) I'm beginning to think that middling performance is more important than which manufacturer. The middling cards will be old enough for the driver to be more mature than the driver for a bleeding edge card. On the other tentacle, the older cards won't have the performance you need for some apps, like Google Earth. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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