Cheap Linux compatible video cards

[Stephen]

I have seen both nvidia and ATI cards die from a myriad of reasons.

Its the manufacturer of the card that speaks to the overal stability
of the card. XFX EVGA BFG ASUS and GIGABYTE as the most stable fro
Nvidia (and some ATI) builds. this is from personal experience. for
aTI cards i like Sapphire and HIS also for best stability.

The 2xx GTX coolers are not what they should be i think and in close
quarters or power supplies that are not quite up to the task you will
have heat/power issues that will have cards die.

bu this is in higher end cards. and for my personal experience in 3d
graphics and Linux Nvidia has better drivers right now. only reason i
suggest it. and might as well use the full customer base to review
hardware stability Windows or Linux OS is not as important as what the
hardware did and why.

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is a linux list.
>
> How does a DEAD Nvidia work better than a running ATI ????
>
> Nvidia's are dying left and right, check out their forums. They have an
> overheating problem. The new models too.
>
> At least ATI has open sourced the drivers, it's still a work in progress,
> but it's getting better.
>
> I'm running an X1600 with Centos 5.3, and an All in Wonder with Centos 4.7
> and they work completely fine.
>
> Also ran 5.3 on 3870, oh and the laptop runs ubuntu with radeon 200M fine
> too.
>
> The point of my previous message is that Nvidia is having problems with
> their hardware, maybe Mike is just going to do text editing in console mode,
> then they Nvidia will work fine. But if the card is ever going to get a good
> workout, then IT MIGHT DIE.
>
> When a vendor (XFI) say he'll replace an Nvidia with an ATI 4870, make me
> think he knows something more about the Nvidia problem.
>
> How many of your Nvidia cards have been RMA'd, of all my ATI that I've
> owned, one because the fan got clogged with dust and stopped working, and
> ATI wouldn't just send me the tiny fan, that I could have replaced myself.
>
> I've had three friends that sweared by Nvidia all switch to ATI in the last
> year. Yes we kidded each other about which was best, but I really felt bad
> for them, listening to all the problems they were having, and dealing with
> the vendors for multiple RMA's.
>
> So from my experience ATI is reliable.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Nathan
> England
> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:08 PM
> To: Main PLUG discussion list
> Subject: Re: Cheap Linux compatible video cards
>
> On Sunday 08 November 2009 15:42:39 Bob Elzer wrote:
>> I know four people who have had top of the line Nvidia cards and all
>> have been having trouble with them, mostly overheating.
>>
>> Three of them have already given up and switched to ATI, one of them
>> yesterday. he had a 260 and exchanged it for a 4870.
>>
>> The cards were mainly for gaming on windows but it was always heat issues.
>>
>> I recommend going with ATI.
>
>
> You said the cards were mostly used for GAMING and on WINDOWS.
>
> So how would those cards work on a LINUX system that is not GAMING?
> Seriously, you recommend a card to a LINUX user because it works better for
> WINDOWS GAMING?
>
> I thought this was a linux list  !?! Didn't the original question ask about
> linux support?
> Nvidia has a binary blob but it works MUCH better than ATI's drivers do.
> Atleast in my latest test of the cards and drivers. Anything nvidia works
> better than anything ati.
> Unless you use the open source X.org drivers for either card, both work
> well.
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Stephen