Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:09:01 -0400 From: Adam K Kirchhoff <akirchhoff135014@comcast.net> To: Michal Varga <varga.michal@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Graphic card that works? Message-ID: <4E0CBBBD.9090704@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimvcdM7HN9pDXBE_ps0BRep_ALqVw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20110623221305.43b74d53@davenulle.org> <4E0AEA54.1080806@bally-wulff.de> <4E0C016E.1040909@comcast.net> <201106300523.41240.akirchhoff135014@gmail.com> <BANLkTi=HoAoEeNx8BBR9EEdDSEXjnSaH4Q@mail.gmail.com> <4E0C5142.2020903@comcast.net> <20110630132455.13304880@mr12941> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106300727040.33308@wonkity.com> <BANLkTikpsZW-vkLESO9KHXp1TcFbmWHGMw@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTimvcdM7HN9pDXBE_ps0BRep_ALqVw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 06/30/11 14:03, Michal Varga wrote: > > - So ATI is out of question. Seriously, I'm not going into ATI > flamewars again. I don't work for Nvidia (and wouldn't care for them > even slightly if their products weren't so good - for me). And I > actually own ATI hardware, sadly. And I have seen so many ATI users > and experienced so many of their problems that I could have me made a > fur coat out of the hair I lost through it. It's a waste of time. > Anyone who can seriously *RECOMMEND* ATI card for anything but simple > desktop work (dragging windows and watching unaccelerated video) is > either completely delusional, or clearly hates the other person he is > recommending to (or simply never owned an ATI product but feels like > recommending them anyway, that happens too). If someone is dumb enough > to pick that advice even through the internet is full of easily > accessible information about how horrible crap ATI products are (both > in HW and SW, and the SW part especially counts for FreeBSD, where > there is comepletely *NONE* support from ATI), then, fine - let him > have it. As someone once said: No lesson is fully learned without > pain. I love how you say you're not going into an ATI flameware again, and then you spend the entire paragraph trying to start one. Adam
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