Video Card Rehashing

[Collins Richey]

On 11/7/06, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 14:03 -0500, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> > att
> >
> > I just started switching all my ATI cards (that have fans) to no-fan  Nvidia
> > 5200 or such.   I've bought several from egghead.com  for around $50.
> >
> > They work fine and should last a long time.
>
> It appears that the Ole Llama has done a smash bangup job!  I'm happier
> than a clam with nVidia products. Group hug called for here, on the
> Llama!

It's not just, you Llama.

Until such time as AMD cleans out the Augean stables, I wouldn't touch
ATI with a long pitch fork, unless to pitch the card entirely. Why it
was only 8-12 months ago when ATI couldn't even get their drivers to
work, and people were posting on Linux Today that they were reverting
to Windows because their ATI cards wouldn't work on Linux.

More currently: we still get regular lockups on our HP AMD boxes with
built in ATI card doing simple things like switching consoles, logging
out from KDE, and running certain screensavers.

I have relatively little experience with nVidia, and thus I can't help
with card selection, but I've never had a lick of trouble with nVidia
on Ubuntu. OTOH, some of the ManDrivel based LiveCD distros won't even
install using my nVidia card.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.