-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 13, 2007 at 12:40:07AM +0200, Hein Zelle wrote: > Marc-Olivier Barre wrote: > > > Intel is the only graphic card manufacturer that I know of that > > provide full specs of there card so devs can actually develop a _real_ > > driver, without spending years to reverse engineer stuff. The > > consequence is simple : intel cards run better than huge nvidia or ati > > cards. They are also lower profile and much cheaper. > > I fully agree with supporting manufacturers that provide information > for free drivers, so go ahead and buy intel if you can. However, I'm > not sure I agree with the "run better" part - in my experience the > nvidia drivers do generally function very well, especially when going > to 3D applications. The disadvantages become apparent when you have > to recompile your video driver every time the kernel changes. > > A more important question though: are intel video > cards even sold separately? All I've seen sofar is on-board intel video > chipsets. If a separate card card exists, please post a model number > so I can look for it in future purchases. > I purchased a laptop with an Intel video chip deliberately, on purpose, even though the same manufacturer also offered configurations with proprietary video chips. I bought Intel as a small way to say "screw you" to Nvidia and ATI. I will not spend money on their products as long as they keep their drivers closed and take a dismissive attitude towards Linux. Maybe if I were doing 3D graphics or gaming, I might not have been able to make that choice. But since I'm just doing audio, not video, it was natural to choose freedom versus convenience. I always advocate voting with your money; since that is the only thing that corporations actually care about. - -ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGwk72e8HF+6xeOIcRAjNcAJ4xU/CXAD/jUz7rU/Dmo1vUt0qBrgCglrdE VH7iD0Qrz4zNbokcVn5POxM= =u1bi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
