Ubuntu: Karmic Koala 9.10, should I buy you an nVidia or ATI video card? Ubuntu: Karmic Koala 9,10, skal jeg købe dig en nVidia eller ATI grafikkort?

Posted on 16. Sendt den 16. Nov, 2009 by Dragos in Operating Systems , Ubuntu November, 2009 af Dragos i operativsystemer, Ubuntu

ATI sucks, for real! ATI stinker, for real!

Definitely an nVidia graphic card. Bestemt et NVIDIA grafikkort. Why? Hvorfor? Because AMD is very frivolous when it comes to support its legacy video cards. Fordi AMD er meget useriøst, når det kommer til at støtte sin arv grafikkort. I don't think that a 3 years old video card should be considered obsolete, and dropped being supported. Jeg tror ikke, at et 3 år gammelt grafikkort bør betragtes som forældede, og faldt der støttes. I am an unlucky ATI card user (Radeon x1950 GT) that runs only on 10% of this chipset's performance. Jeg er en uheldig ATI kort bruger (Radeon X1950 GT), der kun kører på 10% af dette chipsæt præstation. Yes you heard it right! Ja, du hørte det rigtige! Even though there are the open source drivers for video cards that are no longer supported by AMD, these still do not compare with the official fglrx driver. Selv om der er open source drivere til grafikkort, som ikke længere understøttes af AMD, er disse endnu ikke sammenligne med de officielle fglrx driveren. This driver will not work under Karmic Koala, because it needs a Linux kernel of version 2.6.28, whereas Karmic is built on Linux kernel 2.6.31. Denne driver vil ikke arbejde under Karmic Koala, fordi det har behov for en Linux-kernen i version 2.6.28, mens Karmic er bygget på Linux-kerne 2.6.31. One note: do not try to downgrade your Linux kernel on Karmic in order to use the fglrx driver unless you're a very experienced Linux user. En note: prøv ikke at nedgradere din Linux-kerne på Karmic for at bruge fglrx driveren, medmindre du er en meget erfaren Linux bruger. It's just that you have a very high probability to damage your system. Det er bare at du har en meget høj sandsynlighed for at skade dit system.

Why nVidia then? Hvorfor nVidia så? Because the developers from nVidia do really care of their products and their clients and you will find much better driver support from them than from ATI AMD. Fordi udviklerne fra nVidia gør virkelig pleje af deres produkter og deres kunder, og du vil finde meget bedre driver support fra dem end fra ATI AMD. Unless you are planning to buy the latest super-puper model video card model from ATI, do consider getting an nVidia one. Medmindre du har planer om at købe den nyeste super-puper model video-model fra ATI, ikke overveje at få en nVidia en. You'll save time and some nerves (but not money, AFAIK). Du sparer tid og nogle nerver (men ikke penge, AFAIK).

Still wanna get an ATI card? Stadig ønsker at få et ATI-kort? Here are some heart-breaking stats from glxgears with my system (Radeon x1950 GT, AMD x2 5200+ Dual Core 2.6GHz, 4GB Ram @ 667MHz): Her er nogle hjerteskærende Statistik fra glxgears med mit system (Radeon X1950 GT, AMD X2 5200 + Dual Core 2,6 GHz, 4GB RAM @ 667 MHz):

dragos@dragos-desktop:~$ glxgears Dragos @ Dragos-desktop: ~ $ glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be Kørsel synkroniseret med lodret opdateringshastighed. Frameraten bør
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. omtrent det samme som skærmens opdateringshastighed.
15676 frames in 5.0 seconds 15.676 billeder i 5,0 sekunder
16040 frames in 5.0 seconds 16.040 billeder i 5,0 sekunder
15946 frames in 5.0 seconds 15.946 billeder i 5,0 sekunder
15940 frames in 5.0 seconds 15.940 billeder i 5,0 sekunder

3000FPS from glxgears with such great specs? 3000FPS fra glxgears med så stor specs? That is shi*ty performance if you ask me. Det er shi * ty ydeevne, hvis du spørger mig. On Intrepid Ibex (when fglrx was still supported) I was getting 120K+ FPS.. På Intrepid Ibex (når fglrx stadig var understøttet) Jeg var ved at blive 120K + FPS .. And yes, for Linux gamers, Nexuiz is slow at times and crashes when playing with an ATI card in combination with the open-source drivers. Og ja, for Linux gamere, Nexuiz er langsom på tidspunkter og går ned, når du spiller med et ATI kort i kombination med open source drivere.