Ubuntu: Karmic Koala 9.10, should I buy you an nVidia or ATI video card? Ubuntu: Karmic Koala 9.10, ma ostan sulle nVidia või ATI videokaart?

Posted on 16. Postitatud 16. Nov, 2009 by Dragos in Operating Systems , Ubuntu November, 2009 Dragos on operatsioonisüsteemid, Ubuntu

ATI sucks, for real! ATI imeb, päris!

Definitely an nVidia graphic card. Kindlasti nVidia graafikakaardi. Why? Miks? Because AMD is very frivolous when it comes to support its legacy video cards. Kuna AMD on väga kergemeelne, kui tegemist on toetada oma vanemate videokaartide. I don't think that a 3 years old video card should be considered obsolete, and dropped being supported. Ma ei usu, et 3 aastat vana videokaardiga tuleks pidada tarbetuks ning kukkus toeta. I am an unlucky ATI card user (Radeon x1950 GT) that runs only on 10% of this chipset's performance. Ma olen õnnetu ATI kaardi kasutaja (Radeon x1950 GT), mis töötab ainult 10% sellest kiibistik tegevust. Yes you heard it right! Jah, te kuulsite õigesti! Even though there are the open source drivers for video cards that are no longer supported by AMD, these still do not compare with the official fglrx driver. Kuigi seal on avatud lähtekoodiga draiverid videokaarti, mis ei toeta AMD, need ikka ei võrrelda ametliku fglrx draiver. This driver will not work under Karmic Koala, because it needs a Linux kernel of version 2.6.28, whereas Karmic is built on Linux kernel 2.6.31. See draiver ei tööta alusel Karmic Koala, sest ta vajab Linuxi tuuma versiooni 2.6.28, arvestades Karmic põhineb Linuxi tuum 2.6.31. One note: do not try to downgrade your Linux kernel on Karmic in order to use the fglrx driver unless you're a very experienced Linux user. Üks märkus: ärge püüdke vana versiooni oma Linuxi tuuma Karmic et kasutada fglrx draivereid, kui olete väga kogenud Linuxi kasutaja. It's just that you have a very high probability to damage your system. Lihtsalt, et teil on väga suur tõenäosus, et kahjustada teie süsteemi.

Why nVidia then? Miks nVidia siis? Because the developers from nVidia do really care of their products and their clients and you will find much better driver support from them than from ATI AMD. Kuna arendajate nVidia seda väga hoolikalt oma toodete ja nende kliendid ja sa leiad palju parema juhi abi neile kui ATI AMD. Unless you are planning to buy the latest super-puper model video card model from ATI, do consider getting an nVidia one. Kui te plaanite osta hiljemalt super-puper mudel videokaardi mudeli ATI, ei kaaluma saada nVidia üks. You'll save time and some nerves (but not money, AFAIK). Säästad aega ja mõned närvid (aga mitte raha, AFAIK).

Still wanna get an ATI card? Ikka tahad ATI kaart? Here are some heart-breaking stats from glxgears with my system (Radeon x1950 GT, AMD x2 5200+ Dual Core 2.6GHz, 4GB Ram @ 667MHz): Siin on mõned südame-breaking stats alates glxgears minu süsteem (Radeon x1950 GT, AMD X2 5200 + Dual Core 2.6GHz, 4GB Ram @ 667 MHz):

dragos@dragos-desktop:~$ glxgears Dragos @ Dragos-desktop: ~ $ glxgears
Running synchronized to the vertical refresh. The framerate should be Jooks sünkroniseeritud vertikaalse värskenda. Kaadrisagedus tuleks
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate. umbes sama jälgida värskendussagedusel.
15676 frames in 5.0 seconds 15.676 raamid 5,0 sekundit
16040 frames in 5.0 seconds 16.040 raamid 5,0 sekundit
15946 frames in 5.0 seconds 15.946 raamid 5,0 sekundit
15940 frames in 5.0 seconds 15.940 raamid 5,0 sekundit

3000FPS from glxgears with such great specs? 3000FPS alates glxgears sellise suure specs? That is shi*ty performance if you ask me. See on shi * ty täitmiseks, kui te küsite minult. On Intrepid Ibex (when fglrx was still supported) I was getting 120K+ FPS.. Sisse Intrepid Ibex (kui fglrx oli veel toetatud) Mul oli saada 120k + FPS .. And yes, for Linux gamers, Nexuiz is slow at times and crashes when playing with an ATI card in combination with the open-source drivers. Ning jah, Linuxi mängijatele, Nexuiz on aeglane aegadel ja jookseb mängides koos ATI kaarti koos avatud lähtekoodiga draiverid.