[GRLUG] NVIDIA vs. ATI

[Michael Mol]

To be totally honest, I'd recommend NVidia. I haven't had notable
trouble in the past getting ATI *working*, but:

* ATI's proprietary drivers have been lacking in stability on both
Windows and Linux for as far back as I have knowledge of it. (-1 ATI)
* NVidia's proprietary drivers have tended to be stable on both
Windows and Linux (+1 NVidia)
* The open source ATI drivers have done a decent job working for
chipsets a year old and older. (+1 ATI)
* There are no well-functioning open-source NVidia drivers with
support for 3D acceleration. (That I know of.) (-1 NVidia)
* ATI has discontinued its proprietary drivers, stating that the
Open-Source ones are Good Enough. I don't know whether or not that's
true, but all open-source video drivers for ATI and NVidia have a
catch-up time for the latest hardware. (-1 ATI)

Total score:
* ATI: -1
* NVidia: 0.

So this isn't a recommendation *for* NVidia, but more *against* ATI.
Intel's IGP chipsets have tended to work for me with open-source
drivers. My only complaint against Intel video chipsets for graphics
is that the Xorg folks stopped supporting the older ones. (Though
others would correctly point out that Intel's IGP trails both ATI's
and NVidia's offerings by a wide gap.)

On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Kyle <dontwantspam1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'm looking at getting a new laptop shortly and got to wondering:  Is there
> any significant difference in driver support between modern NVIDIA and ATI
> cards (specifically laptop versions)?
>
> I only have recent experience with getting NVIDIA cards working.  Before
> that, I think the last time I had any major driver issues was with a Matrox
> card.  I'm used to using older equipment, so I'm a bit lost with all this
> confounded newfangled technology stuff.
>
> - Kyle
>
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