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#1 2011-05-31 20:45:07
- xephinx
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Switch to Nvidia?
I consider to buy me a Zotac Nvidia gtx 550... how does Nvidia work on linux? Like ATI?
My machine runs with the oss-driver and it's horrible slow and there are lots of artifacts.
I tried also the proprietary driver. -> The results are better, but not acceptable.
Would the results be better if I switch to Nvidia?
My requirements are: games, full-hd-movies, 3d-programming, kde 4.6 with some eye-candies
(Please don't post any workarounds for the current problem. I just want some reviews/recensions for the relationship between linux and nvidia gtx-series)
Thanks! 
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#2 2011-05-31 21:32:06
- graysky
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Re: Switch to Nvidia?
Linux nvidia support is fantastic. I highly recommend it.
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#3 2011-05-31 22:11:51
- Gusar
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Re: Switch to Nvidia?
Hell yes, go with nvidia. Mine is arriving tomorrow. It's a gts450, I didn't want to spend to much, a gtx550 would cost twice as much. It is also from Zotac though
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#4 2011-06-01 00:09:48
- Mektub
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Re: Switch to Nvidia?
xephinx,
I have had several nvidias on my desktop and all have had excellent support. Go ahead.
But I have a laptop with an ATI Radeon HD 5730 and I wish I had never bought that one, not for Linux.
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#5 2011-06-01 11:30:59
- xephinx
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Re: Switch to Nvidia?
Alright thanks for your replies!
And are there any differences with the nvidia driver from the repository and the one from the official site?
I mean on the official nvidia site I can choose which driver is the right one for my card. In the repository there is only one (except the nvidia-173xx). Or am I misunderstanding something?
thanks again!
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#6 2011-06-01 11:33:26
- karol
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Re: Switch to Nvidia?
Alright thanks for your replies!
And are there any differences with the nvidia driver from the repository and the one from the official site?
I mean on the official nvidia site I can choose which driver is the right one for my card. In the repository there is only one (except the nvidia-173xx). Or am I misunderstanding something?thanks again!
Get the nvidia driver from the repos.
As you can see it downloads the driver from nvidia. It's the same stuff only packaged for our distro.
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