Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-12-03 Thread John Peter
Bill Moseley wrote: On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 10:12:07AM +0100, Elie De Brauwer wrote: Let's do some benchmarking I have a PIV 2.8 ghz (800 mhz fsb), 1 gig ddr 400 ram and an geforce fx 5900 ultra with 256 meg ram. When running X at 1600x1200 resolution I get about 4800 fps in glxgears Ok

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-12-02 Thread Paul Morgan
On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 10:33:21 -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > > Oh, no. I can't stand watching those slowly flashing images! ;) The trick is not to do acid before going to the movie. Peace, brother :> -- paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-12-02 Thread Bill Moseley
On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 04:26:42PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 18:54:08 -0800, > Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Which is still less than exciting. And that's the default window size > > for glxgears. Full screen (maximized) is

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-12-02 Thread Johnny
Gerard Ceraso wrote: I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia geforce2 right now and it works great under linux. I have not had any problems. I have noticed that some of the Ati cards seem to have a bit better performance in some of the tests on the hardware review sites. I w

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-12-02 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 18:54:08 -0800, Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Which is still less than exciting. And that's the default window size > for glxgears. Full screen (maximized) is real ugly: > > 164 frames in 5.0 seconds = 32.800 FPS > 165 frames in 5.

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-12-01 Thread Bill Moseley
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 10:12:07AM +0100, Elie De Brauwer wrote: > Let's do some benchmarking > I have a PIV 2.8 ghz (800 mhz fsb), 1 gig ddr 400 ram and an geforce fx 5900 > ultra with 256 meg ram. When running X at 1600x1200 resolution I get about > 4800 fps in glxgears Ok, you are making me

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-12-01 Thread Johann Koenig
On Monday December 1 at 09:46am Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You guys still there? > I don't understand why Johann gets only 550 fps with a processor and > card similar to mine, should be twice as fast. The way glxgears is > run? I just said "glxgears". Yeah, I was pretty curiou

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-12-01 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Elie De Brauwer wrote: On Sunday 30 November 2003 00:15, Frank Thomas wrote: Gerard Ceraso wrote: I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia geforce2 right now and it works great under linux. I have not had any problems. I have noticed that some of the Ati cards seem to have a bit

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Johann Koenig
On Sunday November 30 at 08:30pm John Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What a difference this is :'( Yeah, the differences seem exponential. I thought some of the people accidental added extra digits when I saw I maxed at about 610 with TWM. -- -johann koenig Now Playing: Rollins Band - Shame

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread John Peter
Elie De Brauwer wrote: (I didn't turn any of my processes of, attached is ps axf) Hardware: AMD Athlon T-Bird 900mhz 768mb Crucual PC2100 GeForce4 MX440SE 128mb IBM G74 1280x1024 24bit Matrox Millennium2 8mb Acer 79g 1280x1024 24bit FIC AN11 mb (VIA 8266/A/7) 2x Maxtor 160gb (7200

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 10:12:07AM +0100, Elie De Brauwer wrote: > On Sunday 30 November 2003 00:15, Frank Thomas wrote: > > Gerard Ceraso wrote: > > > I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia geforce2 right > > > now and it works great under linux. I have not had any problems. I

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Erik Steffl
Nicos Gollan wrote: On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:15:32 +0100 Frank Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I recommend you to buy a video card with a nVidia chipset. Why? I mailed the ATI support in this summer regarding their linux drivers, read the answer below. For me this was very disappointing. ATI see

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Elie De Brauwer
> (I didn't turn any of my processes of, attached is ps axf) > > Hardware: > AMD Athlon T-Bird 900mhz > 768mb Crucual PC2100 > GeForce4 MX440SE 128mb > IBM G74 1280x1024 24bit > Matrox Millennium2 8mb > Acer 79g 1280x1024 24bit > FIC AN11 mb (VIA 8266/A/7) > 2x Maxtor 160gb (7200, 8mb)

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Johann Koenig
On Sunday November 30 at 10:12am Elie De Brauwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's do some benchmarking > I have a PIV 2.8 ghz (800 mhz fsb), 1 gig ddr 400 ram and an geforce > fx 5900 ultra with 256 meg ram. When running X at 1600x1200 resolution > I get about 4800 fps in glxgears > > Any othe

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Elie De Brauwer
On Sunday 30 November 2003 15:05, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:12:07 +0100, > Elie De Brauwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sunday 30 November 2003 00:15, Frank Thomas wrote: > > > Gerard Ceraso wrote: > > > > I am planning on getting a new vid

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:12:07 +0100, Elie De Brauwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sunday 30 November 2003 00:15, Frank Thomas wrote: > > Gerard Ceraso wrote: > > > I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia > > > geforce2 right now and it works gr

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Paul Morgan
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:12:07 +0100, Elie De Brauwer wrote: > On Sunday 30 November 2003 00:15, Frank Thomas wrote: >> Gerard Ceraso wrote: >> > I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia geforce2 right >> > now and it works great under linux. I have not had any problems. I have >>

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Elie De Brauwer wrote: On Sunday 30 November 2003 00:15, Frank Thomas wrote: Gerard Ceraso wrote: I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia geforce2 right now and it works great under linux. I have not had any problems. I have noticed that some of the Ati cards seem to have a bit

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Elie De Brauwer
On Sunday 30 November 2003 00:15, Frank Thomas wrote: > Gerard Ceraso wrote: > > I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia geforce2 right > > now and it works great under linux. I have not had any problems. I have > > noticed that some of the Ati cards seem to have a bit better per

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-30 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:15:32 +0100 Frank Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recommend you to buy a video card with a nVidia chipset. Why? > I mailed the ATI support in this summer regarding their linux drivers, > read the answer below. For me this was very disappointing. ATI seems to have chan

Re: nvidia vs ati

2003-11-29 Thread Frank Thomas
Gerard Ceraso wrote: > I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia geforce2 right > now and it works great under linux. I have not had any problems. I have > noticed that some of the Ati cards seem to have a bit better performance > in some of the tests on the hardware review sites.

nvidia vs ati

2003-11-29 Thread Gerard Ceraso
I am planning on getting a new video card. I have a nvidia geforce2 right now and it works great under linux. I have not had any problems. I have noticed that some of the Ati cards seem to have a bit better performance in some of the tests on the hardware review sites. I was wondering how the Ati s