[OT]: Video Hardware special - unvetted

[Tyler Aviss]

Older ATI cards kinda suck for support, although more recently I've
seen open-source drivers starting to work with DRM (Direct Rendering,
not rights management).

My laptop has an HD3200 chipset and it's actually worked quite well
since AMD took over ATI. ATI regularly updates their drivers,
sometimes faster than NVidia, and the drivers perform quite well in
most cases. It does seem that NVidia's GL support is still better in
various areas though.



On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Lennart
Sorensen<lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 10:39:46PM -0400, Scott Elcomb wrote:
>> I'm following a currently "unvetted" user on Twitter who's
>> recommending a product that I'm interested in:
>>
>>   http://www.canadatopdeals.ca/2009/06/14/comp-ncix-edotd-xfx-radeon-hd-4890-1gb-850mhz-19999/
>>  or
>>   http://bit.ly/V3PWG
>>
>> The blog post leads to:
>>   http://ncix.com/products/?sku=37430&promoid=1146
>>
>> which I find tempting.  It's been awhile since I've been in the market
>> for video equipment.  Comments?  TIA!
>
> Well I wouldn't want one.  I know what ATIs drivers are like and what
> their support and customer service is like.
>
> I just ordered an evga 275GTX card for my wife's new desktop.  I know
> that will work without me pulling out hair.
>
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