On Sun, Oct 23, 2005 at 17:29:23 +0100,
Richard Gelling <uselinux34(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 11:09 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 16:29:39 +0200,
> Rakotomandimby Mihamina <mihamina.rakotomandimby(a)etu.univ-orleans.fr>
wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am going ti buy a brand new computer, and would like to know if it is
> > better either to have a nVidia or an ATI graphic card.
>
> If you were think of getting a less expensive card, the ATI 9200 will work
> with free drivers. There is a project to have free drivers for later ATI
> cards, but you should go looking for the current status of that project
> to make sure it is far enough along for you before committing to using a
> ATI model.
>
I have found the Nvidia 3D drivers easier to install
The free ATI drivers come as part of the xorg package. You don't have to do
anything to install them.