hvw59601<hvw59601<at> care2.com> writes:
Camaleón wrote:
On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:41:00 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
Then choose one that you like (because of price/design) and then check
about its current support status in Linux ecosystem, though I would go
for nvidia; their closed source driver (sigh...) is rather good.
Indeed it is.
Hugo
Actually, right now, the nVidia-provided nVidia driver packaged in Debian has a
number of problems with 3D support on several cards. For example I use an nVidia
GeForce 9800 GTX+ which is 2-3 years old -- in other words, neither old nor
bleeding edge -- and 3D support is completely broken right now and has been
since the last working version at 290.10. You can get a Gnome 3 session going
but once you start to exercise the graphics subsystem, eg watching a video,
playing a 3D game, even just exercising the Gnome eye candy heavily, the X
session locks up completely and only a reboot will return your machine to you. I
am currently running Gnome-classic which works fine with the nVidia driver. The
problem seems to be upstream as opposed to in the Debian packaging, but nVidia
themselves are less than anxious to solve the problem it seems. If you are
buying a new system I'd stay away from nVidia cards for now, even though they
are good cards generally, because of the uncerainty about whether a given card
will work properly even with the proprietary driver. But check out the nVidia
website -- once they find and solve this problem, I'd personally go back to
recommending nVidia chipsets.
HTH
Mark