On 11/06/2015, Petter Adsen <pet...@synth.no> wrote: > 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 >
And meanwhile, after about a year and a half, I still can't get my nvidia thing (GEForce GT750M) working with Debian. After having installed the nvidia manufacturer's driver, it rendered xwindows inoperable. I am beginning to regard nvidia as plague-like. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- 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/CACX6j8OTtvN-SCnKgCdiL7xNgSdXwftyYMF=czoo+7g5yvc...@mail.gmail.com
