On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 06:35, Michael Jinks wrote: > Hi all. > > We're in the process of drafting a proposal for upgrading the Debian > machines in our public computing lab, as well as replacing our last > remaining SGI machine with a Debian box. The SGI in particular is > mostly used for scientific visualization applications. > > I know this question gets asked on a regular basis, but given a need for > quick and clear 3D imaging (OpenGL, usually), is there currently a clear > preference for which video card to use?
nvidia closed source drivers are the fastest, but they have bugs. They may not be ideal for in-depth development work (eg. I have done Window Manager development with them running two X servers, one on vt 7 and one on vt 8 and have managed to lock my machine hard switching between the two) The Matrox G400 drivers are slower, but still very fast, and are *much* more stable. In the above situation I didn't have a crash once. So it all depends on what you want/are prepared to live with. Crispin Wellington -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
