radeon driver heading in wrong direction :-(.

[Marko Vojinovic]

On Sunday 31 January 2010 20:18:15 Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 08:27:04 -0700,
>   "Christopher A. Williams" <chriswfedora at cawllc.com> wrote:
> > Nouveau only supports 2D, and the OpenSource Radeon driver has had at
> > least as many ...ummm issues as the proprietary driver.
> >
> > So, if you need true 3D graphics support without a lot of issues, at the
> > moment nVidia with their proprietary driver is your best option. This,
> > of course, could change with the next set of releases from any of the
> > players.
> 
> The problem with this recommendation is that it doesn't take into account
> that once you have bought the hardware, you are committed to it.

True, but over a course of several years (say, since Fedora came to life, 
let's not go into RH days) nVidia drivers have been available and solid *most* 
of the time, while ATI drivers have been quite the opposite. Both had issues, 
but statistically nVidia appears more reliable. Simply put, over the course of 
several years they provided quite decent support for their own hardware and 
drivers, unlike ATI.

So when you are investing and commiting to some hardware, nVidia seems to be a 
safer bet, despite the closed source.

Best, :-)
Marko