Rob Hughes <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> NVIDIA 1.0-9XXX / 2.0-XXXX Details
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Getting back on track in regards to the 1.0-9XXX performance, it's
>> | no surprise to us that there isn't much of a performance increase
>> | seeing as the Linux display driver has been on par with the Windows
>> | ForceWare performance for some time. We did spot some minor
>> | performance changes but nothing of real significance. With AMD
>> | seemingly working on rapidly improving the quality of the fglrx
>> | display driver, and the Nouveau driver starting to take shape,
>> | this will without a doubt be the toughest year yet for NVIDIA
>> | Corporation.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=648&num=1
>
> Good nvidia has already lost me as a customer after one of their "support"
> people called me a troll for trying to get support for what was said to be
> a supported configuration. And if you're thinking of buying anything from
> nvidia, I'd urge you to read this first:
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=80250, then you might want
> to strongly reconsider doing business with such a company. I especially
> liked how they couldn't tell me what configurations were actually known to
> work.
>
Nvidia have another option, which is to release the code and specs to
the community, and let it be managed that way. I think most of these
problems would be ironed out in short order.
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