> Agreed.
> Other than tainting your kernel with a closed source driver, I have to
> say from my experience the nvidia drivers rock. I get comparable frame
> rates and visual aesthetics to that of similar 3D games/gl utilities on
> Windows systems. With the ati drivers and utilizing radeon DRI, I get
> about 1/3 to 1/2 of the performance compared to a similar Windows
> system. Add artifacts and other visual anomalies associated with the ati
> drivers, and there is no comparison.
Now, are there other worthwhile alternatives that I'm missing? For
example, a few years ago, a matrox millenium was a good choice for a linux
system. However, matrox's new line is WAY too pricey for me. ( The
nvidia card I'm looking at is about $120. )
Levi
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