On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 13:28:09 -0400 "Manaen Schlabach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well I am finally thinking about upgrading my tired old radeon 7500. Can I have that tired old radeon, to replace my very tired matrox G100? :) But only if it has a working TV-out ;) > I know that ATI and Nvidia both have decent cards but their drivers > are completely closed. I know and understand that companies must > protect some of their trade secrets but I would like very much to > support a graphics manufacturer who opens their specs as much as > possible to opensource and free software developers. Having said > that, what are everyones thoughts about which card that might be? At > one time it was Matrox are they still the most GNU/Linux friendly out > there or has someone else taken the lead on that? I wouldn't mind > supporting ATi/nVidia if they at least opened up their specs on old > cards (say older than 3 years) do they really have that much to lose > by doing so? From what I've heard, at least nvidia's drivers are decent whereas ati drivers are of lower quality. I mean the closed ones. Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
