[plug] video cards

[Jason Nicholls]

Hey Craig,

> I am not looking to start a flame war but would like to know what the 
> consensus
> is surrounding whether ATI or Nvidia is better supported under linux?
> 
> Also, what the average user is actually using? ie 6600GT, 7800GT, X1800XT

There was a recent posting on osnews about this:

    http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=13765

And the referenced article:

    http://www.driverheaven.net/~pete/article5.htm

Short answer is ATI haven't been providing support on linux for their
X1... series cards. An older ATI card should be OK though (I'm using a
Radeon Mobility 9000).


Later, Jason.