nVidia vs. ATI graphics card for fedora

Axel axel.azerty at laposte.net
Tue Apr 28 14:41:28 UTC 2009


Le 28/04/2009 16:25, Globe Trotter a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I am ordering a souped-up workstation and I was wondering which graphics card is preferable for running fedora:
>
> a 256 MB PCIe x16 nVidia NVS 290, Dual Monitor capable
>
> or
>
> a
> ATI Fire GL V3600 256MB, Dual Monitor DVI Capable 	  	ATI3600 	  	
>
> What would you suggest? I do not need huge 3-d acceleration and stuff, but want it to work well.
>
> Please let me know if I should provide more information.
>
> Best wishes,
> Trotter
>    

I would personnaly choose a nvidia card, and I would use the proprietary 
driver. Every-day user-experience is more "smooth" and looks prettier to 
me (windows rendering, refresh, switch, and so on) with the proprietary 
drivers. (Same for ATI imho).




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