On Sunday 03 September 2006 17:50, ken wrote:
John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 03 September 2006 16:23, ken wrote:
Clayton wrote:
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I told him to buy an nVidia card.... and he bought an ATI :-( I've never seen an ATI work right... sigh..
I've been using ATI cards with Linux since 1992 and they've always worked great for me.
Well yes, but RECENT ati cards need proprietary driver.
The issue was whether ATI cards work with Linux. I know firsthand they do. In fact, I'm running one right now and haven't had a problem with it. Sax should work as well as the ATI cards.
Yes, I understand that. But if he JUST purchased it, its probably new enough to require the proprietary drivers, which are available but Not necessarily bundled. The installation becomes different and somewhat more problematic than you are used to. The ATI cards I have used have worked since SuSE 7.1, but then the chipset is the 7900, not the newer ones. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen