Should we really be *happy* about AMD's release of specs?
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| Talk about a limited OS-centered fanboyism versus the serious issues seen in
| the big picture. The OS shouldn't matter as much as Freedomware.
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http://www.libervis.com/topic/should_we_really_be_happy_about_amds_release_of_specs
Watch the followup. The answer is "yes" because Free drivers are arriving.
Nvidia will need to match that because:
Nvidia shares slide 10% on downgrade to sell
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| Shares for Nvidia Corp. dropped more than 10% on Thursday after an analyst
| downgraded the stock from neutral to sell, saying the graphics chipmaker's
| revenue may have reached a peak.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/nvidia-shares-slide-10-downgrade/story.aspx?guid=%7BCFD3B5DF%2D1F09%2D4ED8%2DB355%2DDCA1037ED90E%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/2ugba4
Yesterday:
What 10,000+ People Say About Linux Graphics
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| Which video adapter brand(s) do you use in your Linux system(s)?
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| Intel: 15.17%
| ATI: 31.87%
| NVIDIA: 48.16%
| Matrox: 1.41%
| SiS / XGI: 1.61%
| Other: 1.75%
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=889&num=1
Related:
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| It has been 80 days since the last NVIDIA Linux display driver was released.
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| This week is already very busy with the X Developer Summit going on where AMD
| will be releasing their new ATI R500/600 open-source driver as well as the
| specifications and it's very likely that the new NVIDIA 100.xx.xx series
| driver will meet the world in the coming days.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjA0NA
NVIDIA: Got Specifications?
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| This past week AMD raised the Linux graphics bar by not only announcing their
| new fglrx graphics driver, which delivers Radeon HD 2000 support, immense
| performance improvements, and AIGLX, but it was accompanied by an
| announcement that they will be delivering specifications to the X.Org
| development community. These two announcements came after intense work
| internally at AMD and over a long period of time, but literally overnight it
| changed the minds of many Linux users on how they judge this company with its
| once notorious binary blob. AMD has really set a precedence for showing that
| a semiconductor company once criticized to no end with their proprietary
| software can update their views to assist and embrace the open-source Linux
| community while remaining competitive as a company in a triopoloy market.
| They have also thus reaffirmed that Linux is a viable desktop operating
| system. But the ball has now landed in NVIDIA's court. NVIDIA can either play
| ball by pushing forward with a similar effort, and then all of the big three
| GPU manufacturers would be cradling an open-source strategy, or they may find
| themselves in trouble down the road.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=831&num=1
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