Comments on: A battle’s end? http://aunderwood.com/2006/10/03/a-battles-end/ This is my boomstick Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: allan http://aunderwood.com/2006/10/03/a-battles-end/#comment-1347 allan Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:39:04 +0000 http://aunderwood.com/2006/10/03/a-battles-end/#comment-1347 AMD has been fairly good for pushing the cpu envelope as far as speed and performance goes, so this might be a good move for both parties. AMD has been fairly good for pushing the cpu envelope as far as speed and performance goes, so this might be a good move for both parties.

]]> By: aaron http://aunderwood.com/2006/10/03/a-battles-end/#comment-1348 aaron Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:15:45 +0000 http://aunderwood.com/2006/10/03/a-battles-end/#comment-1348 Yeah, the reason AMD was cheaper wasn't so much because they were lower quality but Intel was horribly overpriced for their performance (which was about equivalent to AMDs) due to too much market domination (this is starting to subside). As to ATI vs. NVIDIA I actually support NVIDIA. While ATI is a Canadian company NVIDIA has way better Linux support which is the trump card for me. Of course I have so say my favourite video card company at the moment is Intel with Open Source drivers for their integrated graphics cards! Yeah, the reason AMD was cheaper wasn’t so much because they were lower quality but Intel was horribly overpriced for their performance (which was about equivalent to AMDs) due to too much market domination (this is starting to subside).

As to ATI vs. NVIDIA I actually support NVIDIA. While ATI is a Canadian company NVIDIA has way better Linux support which is the trump card for me.

Of course I have so say my favourite video card company at the moment is Intel with Open Source drivers for their integrated graphics cards!

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