* Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers vs. nouveau
@ 2012-04-11 21:22 99% ` Alecks Gates
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From: Alecks Gates @ 2012-04-11 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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The only reason I really use nvidia-drivers is because of VDPAU. Otherwise
I can't watch HD videos on my media center. VDPAU works great, and I hope
nouveau supports it or something equivalent eventually. Mythtv probably
uses it, though that's just a guess.
Alecks Gates, sent from Android on an HTC G2
On Apr 11, 2012 5:17 PM, <ny6p01@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:38:50PM +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> >
> > Just being curious:
> >
> > I use my main workstation primarily for work.
> >
> > Ok, gnome3 needs some graphic acceleration, aside from that I can only
> > think of the occasional mythfrontend running on my desktop.
> >
> > I consider to chose nouveau drivers instead of the
> nvidia-drivers-package.
> >
> > What are your recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks, Stefan
> >
>
> I use the nouveau drivers because they update themselves when you update
> the
> kernel, and there's less work involved in keeping everything up to date.
> But
> I can't comment on the nvidia drivers since I've never tried them. Nouveau
> works well enough for me.
>
> Terry
>
>
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