I'm on lookout for new gfx card, currently having 8600gts as temporary card since my 7900GT died on me. I got 8800GT ordered but availability on it is just awful, 2 months now and nothing. Yet HD 38*0 cards seem to be on decent supply so I've been thinking on switching back to ati. I still remember my trusty 9800 but as I don't have any windows on any computer and am using solaly Linux even for gaming I have pretty much ignored ati cards past years.
However I understand that driver performance issues are more or less fixed now in fglrx and in development radeonhd driver has peeked my interest on ati cards again. So how are fglrx drivers now or reliability side? I've read about memory leaks and other stuff but I read about problems in nvnews forums about nvidia drivers too as only those with problems whine. =) As I'm using compiz fusion with 2 flatpanels (24"+20") with 3d game running time to time I have rather heavy requirements on gfx side.
So would ati drivers work for my usage or would I get problems? Go for HD 3800 series or stick with ever delaying 8800gt order is what I'm wondering. Would like some input from you guys that know more about current state of fglrx drivers than me. =)
However I understand that driver performance issues are more or less fixed now in fglrx and in development radeonhd driver has peeked my interest on ati cards again. So how are fglrx drivers now or reliability side? I've read about memory leaks and other stuff but I read about problems in nvnews forums about nvidia drivers too as only those with problems whine. =) As I'm using compiz fusion with 2 flatpanels (24"+20") with 3d game running time to time I have rather heavy requirements on gfx side.
So would ati drivers work for my usage or would I get problems? Go for HD 3800 series or stick with ever delaying 8800gt order is what I'm wondering. Would like some input from you guys that know more about current state of fglrx drivers than me. =)
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