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<DIV>I'll second Nate's comments. We have several machines running w/ nVidia Cards, and I've never had a system freeze or needed to reboot due to a graphics card/driver related issue.</DIV>
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<DIV>Matthew Johnson<BR>Regional Modeling Specialist<BR>Iowa DNR - Air Quality Bureau<BR>7900 Hickman, Ste 1<BR>Urbandale, IA 50322<BR>Phone: (515) 242-5164<BR>Fax: (515) 242-5094<BR><A href="mailto:matthew.johnson@dnr.state.ia.us">matthew.johnson@dnr.state.ia.us</A><BR><BR>>>> smith@ipmvs.com 5/10/06 10:42:01 AM >>><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="COLOR: #000000">> <BR>> This comment about the proprietary nVidia drivers worries me:<BR>> >But don't expect more than a month of straight runtime.<BR>> A month is certainly better than the ATI drivers in my work machine; <BR>> that usually only lasts 4 or 5 days (i've gone back to the <BR>> open-source <BR>> ATI drivers which aren't nearly as fast, but are at least <BR>> stable). But <BR>> having to worry about stability every few weeks is still <BR>> disappointing. <BR>> I've grown used to only having to log out or reboot once or twice a <BR>> year when the power goes out. Maybe i'll rethink how important decent <BR>> graphics are in my as-yet hypothetical new machine.<BR><BR>That's just one person's experience. I have nVidia machines that have run<BR>for 120 days and longer (much longer). The only reason they don't run<BR>longer is due to all the futzing I do with other parts of the systems.<BR><BR>-Nate<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Cialug mailing list<BR>Cialug@cialug.org<BR><A href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>