Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:43:59 -0700 From: "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: fred <fredmfp@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Don't buy AMD products (was Re: Xorg and ATI card query.) Message-ID: <b1fa29170703131743h2f96bea2y575fced18f482dca@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <45F73DA2.3050306@gmail.com> References: <ef10de9a0703131258w3e3d9d64od823866d5fc9e461@mail.gmail.com> <b1fa29170703131446v6ea65dabr952b8b65e3cce605@mail.gmail.com> <45F73DA2.3050306@gmail.com>
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> > Please be very careful. The only real alternative (Intel comes and > > goes) is Nvidia whose driver is binary-only for i386 (no amd64 > > support) and has a history for being notoriously buggy. I only buy ATI > > because of the problems I keep seeing people have with the Nvidia > > driver. I have a friend who has basically abandoned his dual-head > > Nvidia card due to recurring issues. > Hmm... > > I abandoned ATI GPU because of notoriously buggy issues. > I have no problem with my nvidia GPUs (even in dualhead, at the time I > tried it). Good data point. I'm not taking sides. What dual head card are you using? I'm ordering the parts for a shuttle box now - if Nvidia works better I'll go with it. -Kip
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