[elrepo] Question about nvidia/radeon

[vychytraly .]

Do software in your lab use CUDA acceleration? (Or are they able to use it?)

On Tuesday, August 22, 2017, Maarten <mailinglists at feedmebits.nl> wrote:
> I just realized I wasn't totally correct about radeon having only
opensource drivers. I just read there are opensource drivers and
propiertary drivers, opensource ones I would think should be in most repos
and the propiertary from the amd site. But that still leaves my question
and doesn't make it easier to choose.
>
> On 08/22/2017 10:25 PM, Maarten wrote:
>
> I use it to run test/lab machines with kvm, some games older than 2010
via wine, and some newer games via steam which have Linux ports, and on
occasion
>
> I watch a movie or tv serie on it.
>
> On 08/22/2017 10:16 PM, vychytraly . wrote:
>
> What do you use your computer for?
>
> On Tuesday, August 22, 2017, Maarten <mailinglists at feedmebits.nl> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>     Not sure if this is the right place the ask, but I would think so
>> since elrepo is a repository which has drivers for different
>>
>> hardware. I'm planning on buying a new video card, but I'm not sure
>> whether to choose a nvidia or radeon  card. I have
>>
>> done some search and I've read posts that say when you want good
>> performance go for nvidia.  How true is that,
>>
>> and if so is that difference of performance big enough to notice? I've
>> found good documentation on the amd site for their
>>
>> radeon drivers, and their drivers are opensource(so that's a plus). I've
>> always had nvidia cards, and using elrepo to
>>
>> install/update drivers I've never had a problem. So I find it a hard
>> choice to make, that's why I would like some opinions
>>
>> of people actually know a bit more about  hardware and from people who
>> know a bit about drivers and such. That way
>>
>> it will hopefully making a decision for which to go for a bit easier ;)
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Maarten
>>
>>
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