Remember that PCI-E is relatively new and may cause any number of problems
in linux right now.
As for ATI, I'm done with them. The last one I bought was the 9600 Pro for
my gaming machine (winders) and the driver support was just sad. It was
almost a year before it was relatively stable. I was still having bizarre
issues with it as of the last Catalyst release. I just replaced it (Merry
Christmas to me!) with a GeForce 6600. I also got tired of fooling with
ATI/Xorg and scrapped that one also for an MX 4000.
Darrin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Ken Elliott
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 18:35
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Video cards again
>
> On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 17:52 -0600, michael hast wrote:
> > Hey all!
> >
> > I am in the process of rounding up parts to put together a new
> > AMD64. Since I will be buying a motherboard and a video
> card at about
> > the same time, I have come up with the question: Should I
> use AGP or
> > PCI-E. It seems that the PCI-E's are more expensive, and I
> wonder what
> > I will get out of the investment. Also, it sounds like I
> should go ATI
> > or Nvidia on the card. I saw a couple of opinions on that,
> but which
> > one would be easiest to configure for a dual-head display? Since I
> > haven't purchased anything yet, I'd really like to know
> what would be
> > the best investment rather than regret it later. Thanks, everybody.
> >
>
>
> I've had the best experience with Nvidia. But let's hear
> from the guys
> running ATI, first.
>
> PCI-E has more bandwidth than AGP. So, in THEORY, your investment
> should last longer. However, there is a school of thought
> that you are
> sometimes better to buy a lower cost, but stable technology,
> and plan on
> tossing it in the future. For example, a CPU that costs
> twice as much,
> is usually only 20-30% faster. If you buy the cheaper processor, and
> wait 1.5 years, the speed of a mid-priced CPU will be about
> 100% faster,
> yet you've spent the same amount of money, but end up with faster
> hardware.
>
> Of course, this ignores any re-installation costs. With a server, you
> might be better to spend the extra money, and enjoy a longer service
> life.
>
> So, what's the cost difference between the PCI-E and AGP
> card/motherboards?
>
> Ken Elliott
>
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