[PLUG] Linux: ATI or nVidia?

AthlonRob athlonrob at axpr.net
Tue Jul 26 01:40:09 UTC 2005


Scott Van Hoosen wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a new video card, something with some nice 3D
> capabilities. I've always bought nVidia cards in the past, but I'm
> wondering if ATI would be as good or better for Linux.

You remember how crappy ATi's drivers were ten years ago?

They're that bad under Linux, from what I understand.....

nVidia's drivers suck and are binary-only, but they work most of the
time and provide enough performance for most people.

Rob



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