Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:51:42 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-x11@FreeBSD.ORG, ivoras@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nvidia driver? Message-ID: <201101041251.p04Cpgv4087234@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <iftucp$rrv$1@dough.gmane.org>
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Ivan Voras wrote: > For ages now I've been buying ATI cards for my home dual-boot machine, > but it looks like the driver situation is only getting worse so I'm > thinking of switching camps to nvidia. Is it really that bad? I never cared much about ATI (AMD) vs. Nvidia, because it seemed that both of them have their share of advantages and disadvantages. A few months ago I bought a new box that happened to have ATI/AMD inside (it really didn't matter to me when I bought it), and it's working without any problems, including video acceleration (can play 1080p full-screen at low CPU usage) and 3D / GL stuff. More than enough for me. Unfortunately I can't say the same about my workstation at the office which has some Nvidia chip; it has problems with 3D support, I never got it to work stable in 64bit mode. I spent several hours, now I'm fed up with it and decided to simply run the darned thing in i386 mode (doesn't matter much, it has < 4 GB RAM anyway). As things stand today, according to my personal experience, I'd rather buy ATI/AMD again instead of Nvidia. Of course, my experience may not be representative. Your mileage may vary ... Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925
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