[NTLUG:Discuss] Anyone got a new Radeon (with the just released drivers)?

[David Brown]

I was just in the market for a new (top of the line) graphics card and 
was looking Nvidia or ATI.  I always buy Nvidia because they had great 
cards and had great Linux support.  I was buying the new card for a 
couple of new games that were coming out pretty soon.  (Doom III, HL2, 
EQ2)  I looked at the Nvidia cards, and then read all HL2/Valve stuff 
and started looking at the ATI cards.  It seems alot of what Valve was 
saying is being disputed not only by Nvidia, but others as well.  They 
also noted that the drivers used in the test where the (Nvidia's) 45 
drivers that they stopped working on months ago for the 50 drivers that 
have better support for DX9 and better shader support.  I ended up just 
buying the the eVGA Nvidia GeForce FX 5900 Ultra 256MB.  ZipZoomFly.com 
(formerly GoogleGear.com) had it for $435 (most places have it for 
$499.)   The eVGA card had pretty good reviews from users and reviewing 
websites alike.  (I never take reviewing websites word only)  The main 
reason I ended up going with Nvidia was solely for the fact that their 
Linux support has been far and away (IMO) better, and the fact that I've 
never had a problem with any of my Nvidia cards. 

In tests today; Nvidia's cards are not the fastest, but Nvidia is 
promising that it won't disappoint once the new drivers are released.  
Drivers can make or break a video card, and Nvidia is pretty good about 
their drivers.

This is the card I ended up with.

http://www.neoseeker.com/resourcelink.html?rid=58703

What I like about the card itself is it was made by Nvidia.  I don't 
mean just the chipset.  The card was made by Nvidia and packaged for 
eVGA.  That means it should be one of the soundest Nvidia cards on the 
market.


David


Chris Cox wrote:

> I'm interested in how the Radeon is performing.
> Would be nice if someone has a 9700 Pro... but
> could be any of the newer 9xxx series.  I'm
> curious about any well known 3D benchmark...
> say U2K3 or something like that.
>
> I've used the open source dri Radeon drivers
> to drive the laptop I'm bringing to the next
> meeting... there are some glitches, but all
> in all.. everything works quite well.  It's
> got the Radeon Mobility 7500.
>
> I've been a big fan of Nvidia on Linux for
> the past year... but with some of the recent
> flak and questions around Nvidia, I'm curious
> about people's experience with the newer
> Radeon's in particular.  Is it time to look
> to ATI again?
>
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