From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QdBZb-0004JF-Kk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Jul 2011 01:34:14 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F313121C07D; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 01:32:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ey0-f181.google.com (mail-ey0-f181.google.com [209.85.215.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A618B21C07D for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2011 01:32:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyh5 with SMTP id 5so1656026eyh.40 for ; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:32:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=r6iYLvs32XT1T6IgYEn82GH9tAG3vAev378Di89P2eE=; b=TJqK1FghYejQrVRn8xNiu8rljDi3K+wt725LnJFk2ZNgV8j5zOAMtJkm60nQl/sytr XS3MqVfatYN2WPKHyGZhYQP9pWvwg80GOg0Js0GfubOgBLmr10uPOZGdxWiRtRY1DGxY eT/FLdXSmUSTLN2oA9291w6KeB7JXetM1oUEA= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.16.231 with SMTP id h79mr1532023eeh.0.1309656763782; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:32:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.49.204 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 18:32:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E0FB742.6070309@gmail.com> References: <4E0F7357.3000208@gmail.com> <4E0FB742.6070309@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 18:32:43 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Time for hardware upgrade(s) From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 7f202275a1e4eb60f5a554fea2e60746 >>>> Is Nvidia still the way to go instead of ATI? =A0I use the nouveau >>>> drivers with my onboard Nvidia chipset now and they've been fine for >>>> the most part. =A0I use a threaded ffmpeg to decode HD video instead o= f >>>> VDPAU so I don't bother with nvidia-drivers. >>>> >>>> - Grant >>>> >>> I don't have any experience with ATI but I still use Nvidia and their >>> drivers. =A0I haven't had any problems as of yet. =A0I did have a video >>> problem >>> once but it was a kernel problem. =A0For me, I see no need in me gettin= g a >>> ATI >>> card. =A0That's just me. >>> >>> Dale >>> >> I've just read that Nvidia no longer makes onboard video. =A0Has anyone >> else heard that? >> >> Are server motherboard more reliable? >> >> - Grant > > I looked around on newegg and found that there are several mobos that hav= e > Nvidia video built in. =A0It seems they do still make them. =A0I'm not su= re if > the video or mobos are any that you would like but they are being made at > least. I bet that's just old stock. I can't find a single motherboard with Nvidia graphics and an AM3+ or FM1 socket on newegg.com. - Grant > Me, I tend to buy video cards. =A0They have upgrade options without havin= g to > put in a new mobo. =A0YMMV tho. > > No idea on server boards. I would think they would be more reliable tho. > > Dale