ati video cards - linux

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 12/12/07, Matthew Carpenter <mcarpenter at intelguardians.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 09 December 2007, Ken Moffat wrote:
> > I have used nvidia exclusively (at least when I had a choice) since the
> > Caldera days. The 3d drivers, although proprietary, are there.
>
> I agree...
> Though it'd be nice to get NVidia drivers to accept that I may possibly plug
> in a monitor to that extra VGA port so please abide by the Xinerama config...

They've done that for years.  What exactly are you referring to here?

> Or to have everyone place nice so I don't hear things like "oh that's just X
> vendor who's implemented things wrong".  But still, it's better than most
> alternatives.  I've found I sometimes have decent luck with Intel's video
> chipset (there have been times when it's not been pleasant).  Still I keep
> coming back to NVidia.  Prolly to keep llama in work and testy. ;)

If you want to do that, then buy some Tesla parts.  I don't deal with
graphics any more:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tesla_computing_solutions.html

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