From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HkOU9-0007s0-5q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 May 2007 17:55:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l45Hse3Y010896; Sat, 5 May 2007 17:54:40 GMT Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.140.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l45HnHbb003901 for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 17:49:18 GMT Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-4578d5e5.dyn.optonline.net [69.120.213.229]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l45HnGWC021082 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 5 May 2007 13:49:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id A678219F46B; Sat, 5 May 2007 13:49:11 -0400 (EDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xserver on Dell Inspiron M1710 References: <463927F7.7050606@gmail.com> <463940AA.7070801@geographic.net> <463AB742.2070205@gmail.com> <1178256047.29289.8.camel@orpheus> <463B2C01.9050802@gmail.com> <1178287324.29289.11.camel@orpheus> <463B5940.8010709@gmail.com> From: Allan Gottlieb Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 13:49:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <463B5940.8010709@gmail.com> (Colleen Beamer's message of "Fri\, 04 May 2007 12\:03\:12 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.99 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 0fccb42b-7786-49d4-8414-870da7a9c979 X-Archives-Hash: e888748d9af5409d3119106159d4c2c5 At Fri, 04 May 2007 12:03:12 -0400 Colleen Beamer wrote: > I've always used ATI cards and after this experience, I think I > still prefer them. I understand your frustration and going back to ATI in the future is certainly an option. I should add however that there have been quite a number of reports to this mailing list documenting frustration with ATI (I have never had ATI myself). My own very unscientific summary of the situation is that ATI has been less favorably reviewed then nvidia. Another view expressed is essentially "a pox on both your houses", proprietary drivers are problematic by nature. good luck. allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list