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

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 5.0

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

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 real ugly:

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

2003-12-01 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

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 curious about

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

2003-11-30 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 changed

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

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

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 noticed

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 great under

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 video card. I have

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 other

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) 1x WD

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

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 have

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

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 :

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

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. I