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Re: AMD/ATI vs NVIDIA vs Intel

 

Joe Sloan wrote:
That's IMHO a rough oversimplification.

Nvidia has always had good performing, albeit closed source, linux video drivers. I've bought a lot of nvidia cards over the years and I like them for gaming. While their drivers are closed source, they have always been very quick to update them and they track kernel updates very quickly.
ATI has historically offered half hearted linux support and closed 
source video drivers for linux, very late, lacking features and 
performing worse than their windoze drivers. Their recent opening up 
to linux will help matters but it is taking time. In the long term 
they may be a good choice.
Intel graphics have generally not been as high performance as nvidia 
or ati, but they have the benefit of "just working" out of the box, 
with 3D support in the official linux kernel, with open source drivers 
based on intels published video card specs. They do work nicely for 
desktop effects and some gaming. The folks at intel are in the process 
of revamping the video drivers, and ubuntu 9.04 users with intel video 
are suffering with a half baked driver situation - however by 9.10 the 
intel video situation will be greatly improved. Even with 9.04 there 
are repositories for kernel updates and intel video drivers, which 
dramatically improve the video performance.
So, who hates intel? They seem to have done fairly well by linux, 
compared to most firms.
Joe

Danny Piccirillo wrote:
I was wondering about the state of open source graphics drivers today and which companies are the most friendly. My understanding, and i'm hoping that you can either confirm or correct this, is that: NVIDIA has linux drivers, but none of them are open (there is a project for that but nvidia doesn't offer open drivers themselves). Intel has open drivers, but we all hate Intel for one reason <http://pinstack.blogspot.com/2009/01/efi-hidden-threat-to-computing-freedom.html> or another <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface#Criticism>. AMD/ATI have opened everything, but it's taking us some time to catch up

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I dont really have a problem with Intel, since I'm running one of thier cards on 9.04. Yeah, sure, I can't play some games, like Warzone, but I can wait until 9.10 is out. After all, it's only a game...


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