Re: Anyone use a 9800 on Linux?

Why would you want a 9800 in a Linux box?


"Pete" <pete@tap.groan.warble> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me what ATI's Linux support for this card is like?
>
> I'm about to buy a decent video card and the top two contenders seem
fairly
> well matched overall, so I'll be choosing on the basis of
> Linux-friendliness. nVidia are providing some good XFree86 drivers at the
> moment (despite some patchiness in the past) - are ATI equally on the ball
> with this? I'd appreciate feedback from anyone with direct experience.
>
> Thanks...
>

Some of the newer, high-end games, have been ported over to Linux.

Bill Crocker


"Mitch_A" <naman@pacbell.net.nospam> wrote in message
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> Why would you want a 9800 in a Linux box?
>
>
> "Pete" <pete@tap.groan.warble> wrote in message
> news:yQfJa.1814$k95.15435918@news-text.cableinet.net...
> > Can anyone tell me what ATI's Linux support for this card is like?
> >
> > I'm about to buy a decent video card and the top two contenders seem
> fairly
> > well matched overall, so I'll be choosing on the basis of
> > Linux-friendliness. nVidia are providing some good XFree86 drivers at
the
> > moment (despite some patchiness in the past) - are ATI equally on the
ball
> > with this? I'd appreciate feedback from anyone with direct experience.
> >
> > Thanks...
> >
>
>