2011/12/28 夜神 岩男 <supergiantpotato(a)yahoo.co.jp>:
Anyway, if Intel/nVidia made fiscal sense we would be deploying that.
I
assume we would have had a similar learning curve with their drivers or
noveau. My point is most of this stuff actually works fine on most chipsets
if you can get around to making the drivers make sense to you, but this can
require more study and experimentation than people are prepared for.
For me, the strongest case for AMD/ATI hardware is availability of
relatively stable FOSS drivers. I have been using the radeon drivers
for a little over 2 years now with my ATI HD4870 and have had almost
no issues. Although I don't use a lot of 3D, I do play some games from
time to time (e.g. Nexuiz, Humble Indie Bundle games). I would rather
support a manufacturer who makes some effort (some might argue
minimal, but an effort nonetheless) to support FOSS drivers.
Just my 2¢.
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Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.