NVIDIA's Release Happiness Continues Into April

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  • jonnycat26
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    Originally posted by BlackStar View Post
    As of Catalyst 9.3, fglrx delivers excellent OpenGL performance (I actually get measure better FPS on Linux than on Vista, way to go!)
    Don't forget to mention that XV still crashes when you go to fullscreen, you get odd video effects with XV and composite, and occasionally X won't start.

    <Sarcasm>
    But when it does, man, that framerate is great. It really makes that 1 out of 20 times that things work with fglrx just so worth it.
    </Sarcasm>

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  • BlackStar
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    As of Catalyst 9.3, fglrx delivers excellent OpenGL performance (I actually get measure better FPS on Linux than on Vista, way to go!)

    As workstation cards, Ati on Linux is very competitive both hardware- and performance-wise. As consumer cards (I want Compiz & Wine, wee!) they are not up to par yet. As far as openness is concerned, Ati fares much better than Nvidia.

    In other words, pick the card that performs best to your needs.

    Point in case: my father's PC (internet, Compiz & videos) uses a fanless Nvidia 7600GS. My fallback box (internet, Compiz & videos) has an Ati X1950 running on the open drivers. My main box (3d programming and modeling) sports an Ati 4850.

    All three work just fine.

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  • kensai
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    Originally posted by Jimmy View Post
    That's just the trouble isn't it. Its the only thing they have going for them. Still.

    Nvidia on the other hand seems to only have one thing against them. The evil closed blob.

    So what it comes down to is you do this balancing act between what's philosophically better for you vs something that, imo, is more tangible such as functionality and features.

    Just about every Linux ATI vs NV flame war I've ever seen comes down to

    Nathan: Mine works.
    Jack: Mine's open.

    Jack argues his point to no end even though he uses fglrx. Nathan alt+tabs out of his game (running thanks to Wine) to laugh at Jack.
    Nice story man.

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  • Jimmy
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    Originally posted by chaos386 View Post
    Before ATi started their open source initiative, no one had a reason to like them.[/SIZE]
    That's just the trouble isn't it. Its the only thing they have going for them. Still.

    Nvidia on the other hand seems to only have one thing against them. The evil closed blob.

    So what it comes down to is you do this balancing act between what's philosophically better for you vs something that, imo, is more tangible such as functionality and features.

    Just about every Linux ATI vs NV flame war I've ever seen comes down to

    Nathan: Mine works.
    Jack: Mine's open.

    Jack argues his point to no end even though he uses fglrx. Nathan alt+tabs out of his game (running thanks to Wine) to laugh at Jack.

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  • DeepDayze
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    Originally posted by GreatWalrus View Post
    I just beat it over the head with the open source ATI driver (which supports my "outdated" video card, unlike fglrx)
    Eventually Nouveau rather than nv driver will be handling the old cards so that people can still keep using them till they drop dead

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  • chaos386
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    So is the fact that us Linux users are having Nvidia vs ATi flame wars mean we're another step closer to being feature-complete with the Windows guys?

    All joking aside, I think a little flaming action is a good sign, because it's proof we have more than one legitimate option. Before ATi started their open source initiative, no one had a reason to like them.

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  • GreatWalrus
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    Originally posted by bulletxt View Post
    Ok whatever the case, someone flush fglrx down the toilet.
    I just beat it over the head with the open source ATI driver (which supports my "outdated" video card, unlike fglrx)

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  • bulletxt
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    Ok whatever the case, someone flush fglrx down the toilet.

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  • kensai
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    Originally posted by GreatWalrus View Post
    Troll.

    I said I don't own Nvidia cards. The point was more in line with susikala's point, that Nvidia is bumping a release number for every little bugfix. My point was that all these little releases could hold as much new content or fixes as one ATI driver release. I did NOT once say ATI was better than Nvidia. Boy did you misinterpret me.
    Still, is a Troll to say Nvidia updates for every little bug fix, go and check the changelogs and then talk.

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  • GreatWalrus
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    Originally posted by kensai View Post
    LOL< that could have made it to xkcd.com, that is hilarious, and demonstrates the poster doesn't own both cards. I own nvidia and ATI, and let me tell you, Nvidia is years ahead on improvements than ATI on their drivers. ATI just limit to release bad quality drivers, with support for 2 outdated distributions, and one that is not that up to date. Man, ATI is a joke, Nvidia on the other hand loves Linux.
    Troll.

    I said I don't own Nvidia cards. The point was more in line with susikala's point, that Nvidia is bumping a release number for every little bugfix. My point was that all these little releases could hold as much new content or fixes as one ATI driver release. I did NOT once say ATI was better than Nvidia. Boy did you misinterpret me.

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