Posted: 2005-10-07 08:58pm
ATI drivers have somewhat gotten better on Linux- still pretty crappy compared to nVidia (eg, multiple X servers w/ 3D crash the display, and I don't think XV acceleration works for multiple apps simultaneously), but on a laptop, choices are more restricted. Still prefer nVidia though.Darth Wong wrote:I gave up on ATI a long time ago. Even if the card was faster, I would still buy an NVidia because ATI's driver team is utterly contemptuous of Linux, which I use on a regular basis. It took them forever and a day to finally release Linux drivers for their cards, and when they finally did, they sucked. The installation sucks in particular, and as a general rule, if you can't install the driver in the first place, then it scores a big fat zero. Moreover, their customer support sucks. Back before they had any Linux drivers I tried E-mailing their feedback line to ask when they would be producing any, and I didn't even get a courtesy form-letter response.