Re: [Ubuntu-gaming] AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-07-05 Thread John Vivirito
On 06/22/2009 09:36 AM, Remco wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Ryan Swartserjndest...@gmail.com wrote: Well, Intel adopting Moblin might see them becoming a much stronger Linux partner, but then again, you never know what clandestine things are going on in the background dealings

Fwd: [Ubuntu-gaming] AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-07-05 Thread Danny Piccirillo
Fwd'd. -- Forwarded message -- From: John Vivirito gnomefr...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 21:37 Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-gaming] AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com On 06/22/2009 09:36 AM, Remco wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Ryan

Re: Fwd: [Ubuntu-gaming] AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-07-05 Thread Christopher James Halse Rogers
On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 22:03 -0400, Danny Piccirillo wrote: Fwd'd. -- Forwarded message -- From: John Vivirito gnomefr...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 21:37 Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-gaming] AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com On 06

Re: [Ubuntu-gaming] AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-06-22 Thread Ryan Swart
Well, Intel adopting Moblin might see them becoming a much stronger Linux partner, but then again, you never know what clandestine things are going on in the background dealings (although moblin looks really cool now, so personally I'm glad about Intel's involvement). Nvidia drivers have never

AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-06-21 Thread Danny Piccirillo
I was wondering about the state of open source graphics drivers today and which companies are the most friendly. My understanding, and i'm hoping that you can either confirm or correct this, is that: NVIDIA has linux drivers, but none of them are open (there is a project for that but nvidia

Re: AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-06-21 Thread Vincenzo Ciancia
Il giorno dom, 21/06/2009 alle 03.26 -0400, Danny Piccirillo ha scritto: NVIDIA has linux drivers, but none of them are open (there is a project for that but nvidia doesn't offer open drivers themselves). Intel has open drivers, but we all hate Intel for one reason or another. Or just

Re: AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-06-21 Thread Martin Owens
On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 13:39 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: Or just because they take profit of the fact that they are advertised as _the_ free video card for linux, but they do not really work for fixing their drivers timely. I have nvidia, ati and intel cards. The most problematic and buggy

Re: AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-06-21 Thread Christopher Chan
Martin Owens wrote: On Sun, 2009-06-21 at 13:39 +0200, Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: Or just because they take profit of the fact that they are advertised as _the_ free video card for linux, but they do not really work for fixing their drivers timely. I have nvidia, ati and intel cards. The most

Re: [Ubuntu-gaming] AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-06-21 Thread Danny Piccirillo
Thanks, this is exactly what i was looking for. Mostly because i think that System76 http://www.system76.com should start moving away from Intel and NVIDIA and towards AMD/ATIhttp://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1063323 . On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 20:13, Arc Riley arcri...@ubuntu.com wrote:

Re: [Ubuntu-gaming] AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-06-21 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Sunday 21 June 2009 8:04:16 pm Danny Piccirillo wrote: On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 05:12, Joe Sloan j...@tmsusa.com wrote: Intel graphics have generally not been as high performance as nvidia or ati, but they have the benefit of just working out of the box, with 3D support in the official

Re: AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

2009-06-21 Thread Mackenzie Morgan
On Sunday 21 June 2009 3:26:42 am Danny Piccirillo wrote: NVIDIA has linux drivers, but none of them are open (there is a project for that but nvidia doesn't offer open drivers themselves). Not true. Nvidia's nv drivers are open. They are 2D-only. -- Mackenzie Morgan