Vassili
07-04-2006, 08:54 AM
I am trying to switch from Windows XP to Fedora Core 5. I just bought myself a book to learn more about it. (Fedore Core 5 unleashed)
But my current system has good driver support in Windows, though the ATI drivers in linux aren't the best... I heard. But who actually makes the best drivers to play games with linux? I mean both chipset and display-card.
My current system:
AMD Opteron 148 (socket 939)
DFI LanParty nForce4 SLI-DR
2x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Limited Edition (sometimes I add 2x 512MB Corsair PC3200LL to make it 2GB)
1x 40GB Maxtor DiamondMax4 IDE
SAPPHIRE X800GTO2
So I have a nVidia nForce4 chipset and a ATI x800 display-card.
I know from Windows XP that the chipset drivers can make a (big) difference in the amount of Frame Per Second, if they are not good or not installed at all.
What is this like in Linux? No need to install chipset drivers when want to play games (native (UT2k3) or thourgh wine)?
And if you want to play games I think you should have a nVidia card right? I don't think Matrox has enough power to play (the newest) games. Does SLI also work under Linux?
(Or just keep ATI, ?the drivers aren't that bad?)
What chipset does have the best Linux-driver support, is that again nVidia or is it Intel (Via/SIS?)? Does the chipset driver make a big difference when you want to play games in Linux?
But my current system has good driver support in Windows, though the ATI drivers in linux aren't the best... I heard. But who actually makes the best drivers to play games with linux? I mean both chipset and display-card.
My current system:
AMD Opteron 148 (socket 939)
DFI LanParty nForce4 SLI-DR
2x 512MB OCZ PC3500 Limited Edition (sometimes I add 2x 512MB Corsair PC3200LL to make it 2GB)
1x 40GB Maxtor DiamondMax4 IDE
SAPPHIRE X800GTO2
So I have a nVidia nForce4 chipset and a ATI x800 display-card.
I know from Windows XP that the chipset drivers can make a (big) difference in the amount of Frame Per Second, if they are not good or not installed at all.
What is this like in Linux? No need to install chipset drivers when want to play games (native (UT2k3) or thourgh wine)?
And if you want to play games I think you should have a nVidia card right? I don't think Matrox has enough power to play (the newest) games. Does SLI also work under Linux?
(Or just keep ATI, ?the drivers aren't that bad?)
What chipset does have the best Linux-driver support, is that again nVidia or is it Intel (Via/SIS?)? Does the chipset driver make a big difference when you want to play games in Linux?