On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Sven Arvidsson <s...@whiz.se> wrote: > On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 04:45 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: >> OK, for some cases ~it works~, but not ~all~ cases. So, enough with the >> warm fuzzies, here's actual benchmark comparison. >> >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_nouveau_utopic&num=1 >> >> As of October last year, the nvidia supplied driver runs about 6 times >> faster than Nouveau. I run 3 different 3D environment test >> server/clients. Imagine that stretched across 4 monitors via 2 video >> cards and still get acceptable performance, with all of the bells and >> whistles turned on. Sweet ...and running under Linux. >> >> And here is a test run 5 days ago, between Intel, AMD and nVidia using >> only libre drivers. For a change AMD ran the wheels off of nVidia with >> Intel slinking in the corner. >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=phx-open-11&num=1 >> >> Last benchmark, comparing video cards with native drivers on Linux. This >> time nVidia mostly ran the wheels off of AMD. Intel still ain't equal to >> either by a long shot. >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amdnv-phoronix-11&num=1 >> <http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amdnv-phoronix-11&num=2> >> >> So, in summary, I've always used nvidia as it's the same money as AMD >> and Intel and is generally always faster with the nvidia drivers. So, >> while many will piffle and claim to not be a gamer, what about video >> editing? 3D Immersive education? Think you might want to do that at some >> point in your life?? I'm all about Open Source. But, I'm not about >> deliberate trashing of expensive hardware "for the cause". Nor do I >> recommend it. " Be ALL that you can be." :) Ric > > As longs as you don't spend your time staring at benchmarks, the stuff > works and it is getting better all the time. Especially when people > spend their time actually using and supporting it. > > I have no trouble believing that we can use free drivers for pretty much > anything soon. Part of the problem has been that developers are > favouring Nvidia, instead targeting more open standards like OpenCL. > > Sure, there are a few cases, like dual-GPU, multi-screen GL, that's not > supported, and might not be, but those are corner cases. > > If proprietary Nvidia works for you, and if that is the best choice for > the OP, I'm glad it's an option, but we need free drivers, and for most > users it's a very good experience. >
Thanks a lot for your answers. I can not use intel because the provider of our company only proposes AMD or NVIDIA for the workstations. I do not need a very fancy graphic card, I need something that works. I will proabably buy AMD as it seems to work well with the open source drivers. Best, Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cak00fojbvylnjhd0ofngj1lhw7ogk-kcpwndyvimhat9lct...@mail.gmail.com
