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Soleron on 17 August 2008
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Andir said:
ssj12 said:
obieslut said:
the only thing that stops me from buying ati cards is that they have poor driver support. or has that changed

 

its a toss-up but really nVidia is a bit better due to Linux driver support.

Didn't ATI/AMD recently open up the drivers?  Maybe I'm imagining a bit here.  Haven't really paid attention as I haven't been shopping for a video card recently.

 

Yes, they did. AMD's binary Linux drivers are at least parallel to Nvidia's now, and the AMD-sponsored open-source drivers (which Nvidia say they're not interested in ever doing) are progressing well, with enough 3D support to run most Linux games well. If you want absolute current performance, Nvidia is still faster, but if you are looking for the next 2-3 years or more then the improved binary drivers and new open-source ones will be better.