[opensuse] Advice on mobile video card
Hi, I would like to have some advice on the choice of a laptop. It is a Dell Inspiron 6400 (15.4" screen), and it is available with two different video cards - ATI radeon mobility X1400 256Mb + Hypermemory - Nvidia Geforce Go 7300 256Mb + Turbocache The ATI is slightly cheaper and google seems to say that this card has better spec than the nvidia one. Although, I know that Nvidia is generally a better choice for Linux, I do have a laptop with an ATI X600 card that performs well under OpenSUSE 10.2 (XGL, beryl, compiz works), but still the old Nvidia on the desktop (GF Ti4200) is easier to handle (when updating kernel...) The SUSE hardware database list the ATI card as fully supported through the proprietary driver. So, my question is ... is someone happy with this ATI card under SUSE linux ? Since it costs less and seems more performant, if I have good feedbacks I might try ATI for this laptop. Thanks in advance Regards Matthias -- __________________________________________________________ Matthias Titeux, PhD Département de génétique des maladies cutanées et allergiques dans des modèles animaux et chez l'homme. INSERM U563 - CPTP Pavillon Lefebvre, 5ème étage CHU Purpan BP3028 31024 Toulouse cedex 03 __________________________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
- ATI radeon mobility X1400 256Mb + Hypermemory - Nvidia Geforce Go 7300 256Mb + Turbocache
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Although, I know that Nvidia is generally a better choice for Linux, I do have a laptop with an ATI X600 card that performs well under OpenSUSE 10.2 (XGL, beryl, compiz works),
My advice is always opt for nVidia where you can IF you plan on running the binary drivers. If you run the OpenSource drivers, then either card is fine. I've had very mixed success with ATI (sometimes I get it working first try and on other systems it never works right), and the general consensus here and pretty much anywhere is to avoid ATI on Linux if at all possible. nVidia (in my case anyway) works every single time when I use the binary driver RPMs from the repository. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Le Mardi 20 Mars 2007 15:43, Clayton a écrit :
- ATI radeon mobility X1400 256Mb + Hypermemory - Nvidia Geforce Go 7300 256Mb + Turbocache
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Although, I know that Nvidia is generally a better choice for Linux, I do have a laptop with an ATI X600 card that performs well under OpenSUSE 10.2 (XGL, beryl, compiz works),
My advice is always opt for nVidia where you can IF you plan on running the binary drivers. If you run the OpenSource drivers, then either card is fine.
I've had very mixed success with ATI (sometimes I get it working first try and on other systems it never works right), and the general consensus here and pretty much anywhere is to avoid ATI on Linux if at all possible. nVidia (in my case anyway) works every single time when I use the binary driver RPMs from the repository.
C.
Thank you Clayton for your answer, I did not have any positive feedback on this particular ATI card, so I think I will go for the Nvidia one ! Regards Matthias -- __________________________________________________________ Matthias Titeux, PhD Département de génétique des maladies cutanées et allergiques dans des modèles animaux et chez l'homme. INSERM U563 - CPTP Pavillon Lefebvre, 5ème étage CHU Purpan BP3028 31024 Toulouse cedex 03 __________________________________________________________ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Matthias Titeux schrieb:
Hi, I would like to have some advice on the choice of a laptop. It is a Dell Inspiron 6400 (15.4" screen), and it is available with two different video cards - ATI radeon mobility X1400 256Mb + Hypermemory - Nvidia Geforce Go 7300 256Mb + Turbocache
The ATI is slightly cheaper and google seems to say that this card has better spec than the nvidia one.
Although, I know that Nvidia is generally a better choice for Linux, I do have a laptop with an ATI X600 card that performs well under OpenSUSE 10.2 (XGL, beryl, compiz works), but still the old Nvidia on the desktop (GF Ti4200) is easier to handle (when updating kernel...) The SUSE hardware database list the ATI card as fully supported through the proprietary driver.
So, my question is ... is someone happy with this ATI card under SUSE linux ? Since it costs less and seems more performant, if I have good feedbacks I might try ATI for this laptop.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Matthias
If you plan to use cedega or wine to play games you should take NVIDIA. As i remember the ATI-Souftware tools are better then NVIDIAs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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