Phoronix takes a look at nVIDIA's SLI and nVIDIA's efforts to support alternative operating systems, such as Linux, BSD, and Solaris, and how HP fits into all that. "While this NVIDIA SLI support can still be considered very much rudimentary compared against the Microsoft Windows support with the ForceWare drivers, which were introduced back on November 9 of 2004, there is no clear sight for how it will ultimately fair in the world of Linux. According to some information we have obtained from our sources and research, NVIDIA's motives for Linux SLI may largely dissent from the public opinion. In this article today, there are a few comments we would like to share about the big green manufacturer and their outlook on alternative operating systems."
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Member since:2005-08-06
Linux SLI? Geee, who came first, the hen or the egg?
I'm sorry to say this, but if you're after a gamingbox today (which most (Meaning not all, high end workstations excluded) high end graphics cards are for) you're bound to use Windows. Seriously, any hardcare gamer out there who wants options will use windows, that's a simple fact.
Now I do know and realize that Linux gaming is growing, but talking market share here is a completely different ballgame than servermarket AND desktopmarket. Let's say Linux has 35% of the servermarket (Just an unmotivated figure) and let's say Linux has 2% of the desktop market. I'd say they got 0,001% of the hardcore gaming market and maybe, just maybe 0,1% of the gaming market.
Surely people must see that Nvidia (and ATI for that matter) puts A LOT of time into their drivers. Following the Readme notes about each driver release, 95% of the fixes are Gaming+Video and like I said, this is the windows market.
If all this is going to be changed (which I DO hope), I would rather hit the Gaming companies and tell them to crossdevelop their games, and increase market share for gaming on Linux, then the drivers will come.
Besides, I thought Nvidia had in general become a lot nicer towards the Alt OS scene, having drivers for both Linux and BSDs.
Member since:2005-07-23
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2005-06-29
The other day I was shopping for a network card, and I picked up a box which listed as supported most OS's I ever heard of, dos, bsd's, linux, os/2, windows, etc...
These days it's all microsoft... Not microsoft? You're screwed.
Damn. And seeing that nvidia is "the best" choice for linux these days. With friends like these.....