[Gllug] Graphics cards + open source or contributed drivers?

[abower at thebowery.co.uk]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 04:36:59PM +0000, Tethys wrote:
> 
> Huw Lynes writes:
> 
> >> My advice would be to stick with a current gen - 1 ATI card. It'll
> >> still get you more than enough FPS, and is well supported by
> >> XFree86.
> >
> >Unless, of course, you need a full-spec visualisation machine. At
> >which point you really have no choice but to go with the closed
> >drivers. And they really aren't that unstable.
> 
> Well yes, but the chances are that if you're that serious, then
> HP will be giving you full 24x7 support for both the kernel and
> their latest FX10 (or whatever) graphics card anyway, so it's
> less of an issue...

I know that at least few digital effects companies are using Nvidia "consumer"
hardware in standard x86 machines with Athlon CPUs and 1 or 2 GB of RAM while
running linux. Lots of these places also do it without having large expensive
support contracts as they have enough experience in house. 

Adam
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