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Tom's Hardware Reviews ATI and Nvidia on Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pretty-pictures dept.

Beuno writes "I stumbled upon a GeForce vs Radeon review on Tom's Hardware, which seems normal enough. The big surprise is that it was actually a comparison of those two video cards on Linux (Fedora Core 5). The review isn't as thorough as I would like, but it does review all aspects ranging from tools available, complexity of getting them to work and benchmarks on performance. To me, this is a clear signs of Linux finally making a long expected breakthrough into common desktops."

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  1. RTFA by LCookie · · Score: -1, Troll

    That article is so biased it almost hurts.. "Almost no difference" between NVIDIA and ATI cards under Linux, you gotta be kidding me, even a GeForce MX can outperform a Radeon under Linux.. ATI paid them... Don't listen..

  2. Linux on desktops? by LanceUppercut · · Score: -1, Troll

    LOL. "Linux finally making a long expected breakthrough into common desktops". LOL again. As a desktop OS Linux, died long time ago: around 2003 time frame. It failed for the very same reason Mac OS is approaching the same death now: it is a "naked" OS, there's no software for it. Today Linux is a firmware/temporary server platform with absolutely no prespects of returning to the desktop in the future. In 2006 a Linux machine with a vidocard is a geek's hobby, a curiosity, nothing more.

  3. Re:Compatibility... by dp_wiz · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Emulation" is a word for "through the ass".