On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 15:48:16 +0000, André Gulliksen wrote:

> Jan Schubert <Jan.Schubert@GMX.li> wrote in news:bq55sj$1u1rct$1@ID-
> 2265.news.uni-berlin.de:
>
>> I'm not sure if i should buy an nvidia-card or an ati. I prefer the
>> nvidia, but don't like this external module that much. Is ati fully
>> supported? The cpu in the box is an amd64 running on an asus k8v.
>
> I personally prefer the signal quality of ATI-based cards to NVidia any
> day, but my experiences with Linux drivers for ATI is so so. From what I
> understand the general concensus is also that NVidia is way ahead of ATI
> when it comes to Linux support. So if this is already your preference I'd
> say you should go for it.
>
> Then of course there is always Matrox, unless 3D performance is a big
> issue.


I have a TNT-2 and a GF-ti-4600 both running Linux. I have zero problems
and updates are timely and easy. I have ZERO reason to consider anythign
else. (especially an ATI that doesn't support Linux anywhere close to as
well as nVidia does).