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On Tuesday 17 October 2006 15:16, Greg Wallace wrote:
> 3 recommendations for Nvidia.  This is going about how I anticipated.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raoul Snyman [mailto:raoul.snyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:55 AM
> Cc: SuSE Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [SLE] Need Video Card Recommendation
>
> Rui Santos wrote:
> >     I've always preferred NVIDIA to ATI. Just to mention one, it 
> > was always the best money / performance relation.
> >
> >     But ATI is also a valid graphics card. They are on the same
> > level as NVIDIA. Check TOM's hardware Guide - You can find some
> > useful information there.
>
> Except that in my experience, ATI has *NEVER* worked in Linux.
> Choose the option that works, choose NVIDIA! (no, I don't work for
> either of them ;-) )
>
> Raoul.
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Add one for ATI then, if you're counting.  For me nVidia has never 
worked or worked reliably, plus you can use either the xOrg drivers or 
ATI drivers and still get 3D!  I also haven't heard anything about the 
ATI drivers having a 2 year old known root bug.

If you're choosing the option that just works, then ATI would be my 
recommendation.  

Also, there was a file created that had tests of the nVidia cards, the 
good, the bad, the ugly.  It doesn't cover the latest PCI-e cards, but 
it should give you a good idea.  Contact me off list if you would like 
that, as I think I still have it.

bye,
Lee