tparker wrote: > mrxgerman wrote: > > > It's better to have an nvidia or an ati graphiccark. > > > > ATI's new cards are looking very good and from what I can tell there should be stable Linux drivers available by the time I upgrade, so unless that changes I will go ATI. > > If you need a new card for use in Linux right now you might want to > research the bug reports for the cards and pick what is in your price > range that looks good, chances are high it will be Nvidia. If you are > holding off on the purchase for a while the Nvidia/ATI driver gap may > have closed enough for you to choose based on which card best meets your > needs overall. > > To be fair the Nvidia cards we have currently in use are from the 7000 > series and all work fine, no Linux glitches, no driver hassles, no bad > chips. We tried one from the 8000 series and it was garbage (an old 6000 > series gave better graphics and frame rates), but that may have just > been that model combined with our hardware. > > Tricia I've had a 8800 for the past 18 months and I've never had a problem with it over many driver revisions. It's definitely many times superior to the 6xxx series.
