On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 06:14:12AM +1000, Menno Schaaf wrote: > The ATI drivers are ok, just a pain to install and get working (same > under windows) NVIDIA have always had much easier drivers (in my > experiance)
apt-get under ubuntu or yum under fedora will get you ati binary drivers afaik. presumably for nvidia as well. > This wasn't supposed to become a card brand vs card brand war (i hope That's good because it isn't! > anyway) I've given my suggestion, and the reasons for it, and even > with a binary driver, at least there is a good driver for the card > which you can use to play more complex games or 3d graphics if need > be. FWIW, the only actual performance figures I could find on nvidia vs ati on linux put nvidia well ahead. (see anandtech.com) I've used matrox or ati on the past, but my next card will probably be an nvidia. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
