3D card Recommendations

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> Lucas Vogel wrote:
>
> >> From: "Bob Cober" <cplusplus@home.com>
> >> Subject: Re: 3D card Recommendations
> >
> >> NVidia's drivers are closed source.... :-(
> >
> > ....
> >
> >> Nvidia's drivers are cool because one driver works with all
> >> chips. Only problem is theyre closed source....
> >
> >
> > Pardon my ranting, but why is the fact that their drivers are closed source
> > make it a 'problem' ??? I don't understand why that constitues a 'problem'.
> >
> > Lucas
> >
> Good question Lucas. The fact that the drivers are closed-source is a
> problem because of the possibility that Nvidia could decide to stop
> supporting them.
> ...
> In my opinion, Nvidia has done an excellent job with their linux
> drivers, and I would recommend them to anyoneone. But to me, the
> drivers would be even better if they were open-source...
>

Well, I'm on the mandrake-expert list, and I'll say I've seen WAY
too many people having problems getting the nvidia drivers to work
for my comfort. So you can add to the above - bugs can be fixed by
someone other than the manufacturer when the driver(s) are open source.
(and the actually DO get fixed!)

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