On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:02:38 +0200 Dan <ganc...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
If you use an Intel CPU from recent years, you already have one. Discrete Intel graphics cards do not exist. > 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. AMD does work very well with the open source radeon driver, at least in my experience. It has been very stable, except for a few bugs in early 4.x kernels. Make sure you get a card that is well supported. That probably means not buying a model that has only very recently hit the market, but go for something that has been out a while and is known good. If you don't need much 3D acceleration, something as lowly as a HD5450 is still a great, stable card for desktop usage that draws little power compared to many newer cards. Mine runs a bit hot, but that might be because it drives two screens. Petter -- "I'm ionized" "Are you sure?" "I'm positive."
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