Re: what graphics card to choose
Am Montag, 30. Juli 2012 schrieb Camaleón:
> On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:55:16 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> > On 30/07/12 07:02 AM, Yaro Kasear wrote:
> (...)
>
> >> KMS is a wonderful feature, but I personally would rather see good
> >> OpenGL support than KMS, though. Nouveau's getting there, but it's
> >> support for OpenGL (Through Gallium.) isn't really mature enough
> >> yet. I also get some odd mouse-stuttering when I use Nouveau.
> >>
> >> Until this is "fixed," I elect to use nVidia's official drivers,
> >> which I personally haven't had any issues with to date.
> >
> > And I elect to use ATI cards, because, unlike NVidia, ATI actually
> > helps the open source driver development.
>
> "Help" is always welcome but more than help I prefer a driver that
> works and supports all its hardware features in the same way or at
> least as close as it does for Windows, and not just in papers and
> benchmarks but in real life. Otherwise, the "help" is of little "help"
> and good intentions are only wastepaper.
>
> Yes, this post comes with a bit of rant so don't take it very
> seriously :-)
I don´t care that much as long as what I need works.
Which it does for Intel Sandybridge graphics – that to my surprise is even
considered suitable for Flightgear.
But I also only do light gaming. What works is Supertuxkart at Full HD,
pcsx, freedroidrpg and other open source games I tried. But I do not use
ego shooters – all I had a glimpse at seemed to brutal and violent for me
– so I can´t comment on them.
But then now Ivybridge is out which graphics that is about two times
faster.
I´d also consider articles at phoronix.com regarding hardware support
under Linux.
If need be I could test whether flightgear works suitable on Sandybridge.
But I need a quick guide on what to test as I do not know this game.
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