[COLUG] Nvidia and ATI

[Duane]

Warner Moore wrote:

> 	I've had the Nvidia drivers working well shortly since their initial
> release until current.  Mind you, I've not downloaded the latest in a while.
> Quake 3 runs quite well.

Umm does your system have > 2.5G of ram?

> 	In my experience, most complaints regarding the drivers in
> day-to-day conversation have been related to individual inexperience with
> using Linux.  (Not directly at you particularly, simply an observation.)

Usually I'd agree with you, but when a lot of people complain about the 
same issue with the same cause > 2.5G of ram, and technically the same 
fix, have only 2G of ram, I'm inclined to think it's a driver bug.

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