[TriLUG] Selecting a stable video card

OlsonE at aosa.army.mil OlsonE at aosa.army.mil
Mon Oct 29 08:30:47 EDT 2007


I've been through many nVidia cards ...and haven't had any issues with
them to date. 

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Alan Porter
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 7:30 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Selecting a stable video card

 >    I'm running an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro on Ubuntu 7.10 (Intel Pent D).
I
 > was contemplating the pain/nightmare of adding the fglrx drivers when
> I first started testing 7.10 (at Tribe 4 version) and was blown away
> by the "one click" to add restricted drivers - they work like a champ

I also tried the "one click" installation of the ATI drivers (for the
Radeon Mobility 9600 on an HP laptop), and it worked as advertised.
I had to tweak my xorg.conf (add composite feature) before I could run
the advanced visual effects (jello windows).  Since then, it has gone
loco on me twice.  One time, it got stuck where I could not get back to
my X session using ALT-F7 and I had to shut down.  And one time, the
screen saver started to dim the screen, I touched the mouse and it never
finished blanking and it never unblanked.

Yesterday, I installed the nVidia drivers on a Dell laptop with an
nVidia chipset.  Again, it installed effortlessly.  Again, I had to
tweak the xorg file.  It did the jello act for the kids.  And then
within an hour, it locked up solid.

So on both machines, I have since turned off the advanced visuals,
because it seems to make them more unstable.  I'll take stability over
bling any day.

I'm interested in hearing other experiences, since it's just about time
to start shopping for a new laptop.

Alan







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