Nvidia driver?

[Oliver Fromme]

Ivan Voras wrote:
 > For ages now I've been buying ATI cards for my home dual-boot machine,
 > but it looks like the driver situation is only getting worse so I'm
 > thinking of switching camps to nvidia.

Is it really that bad?

I never cared much about ATI (AMD) vs. Nvidia, because it
seemed that both of them have their share of advantages
and disadvantages.  A few months ago I bought a new box
that happened to have ATI/AMD inside (it really didn't
matter to me when I bought it), and it's working without
any problems, including video acceleration (can play 1080p
full-screen at low CPU usage) and 3D / GL stuff.  More
than enough for me.  Unfortunately I can't say the same
about my workstation at the office which has some Nvidia
chip; it has problems with 3D support, I never got it to
work stable in 64bit mode.  I spent several hours, now
I'm fed up with it and decided to simply run the darned
thing in i386 mode (doesn't matter much, it has < 4 GB
RAM anyway).

As things stand today, according to my personal experience,
I'd rather buy ATI/AMD again instead of Nvidia.

Of course, my experience may not be representative.
Your mileage may vary ...

Best regards
   Oliver

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