[Cialug] graphics accelerator

[Jerry Heiselman]

I agree with the nVidia assessment.  They may be closed-source for their
drivers, but they seem to be willing to at least help out the open-source
community.  I have never had any issues with nVidia in Linux, just make sure
you get a bit older of a card.

Jerry

On 5/8/06, Nathan C. Smith <smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
>
>
> Don't be afraid of nVidia even if it is proprietary.  It works well. (I
> suppose that is what is on your Dell machine at work no that's I've said
> something nice about it)
>
> Also, Matrox is still available - although they might be more in the 2D
> high-performance area.
>
> Probably the best thing to do is find a card that is not too new and has
> good OpenG/L support?
>
> -Nate
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Daniel A. Ramaley [mailto:daniel.ramaley at DRAKE.EDU]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 10:30 PM
> > To: cialug at cialug.org
> > Subject: [Cialug] graphics accelerator
> >
> >
> > My current primary computer at home is about 8 years old.
> > I've decided
> > it is time to build a new one. Since i last built a machine
> > it appears
> > the graphics card industry has gone through quite a
> > shakedown, leaving
> > just ATI and nVidia. And as far as i can tell so far, both companies
> > are opposed to open source. Are there any modern graphics
> > cards with 3D
> > acceleration that have open source drivers?
> >
> > After the experience of running an ATI closed-source driver
> > on my Dell
> > computer at work, i do not want any proprietary garbage on my home
> > machine. When using the proprietary driver on my work machine
> > it is the
> > most unstable Linux box i've seen in years; about once a week
> > i have to
> > SSH in and reboot it because the graphics card decides to
> > wedge. There
> > is an open source driver that i also use. When using the open-source
> > drive i give up 3D acceleration and some 2D performance in
> > exchange for
> > the usual rock-solid stability that open source offers. I'm just
> > wondering if there are any cards out there where such
> > sacrifices do not
> > have to be made. It looks like there is a group trying to
> > design a card
> > to work wonderfully with open source (Google "open-graphics"
> > for info),
> > but it looks like they are a few years from production hardware, if
> > they ever get there.
> >
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