[elrepo] Question about nvidia/radeon

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 08/23/2017 10:09 AM, Maarten wrote:
> No I don't have software in my lab that use CUDA acceleration, and no
> software this is able to use CUDA acceleration.
>

Nvidia's proprietary drivers are also offered by ElRepo in a format 
better suited for RHEL and derivatives (compared to what NVidia provides 
directly) and Phil does a great job in keeping them updated.
I maintain the ElRepo packages for the older drivers from ATI ( suitable 
among others for the graphic chips included in their APUs ) and AFAIK 
there are no issues with them in EL6. For EL7 there are some known 
issues because I was not able to do a better job, due to lack of 
hardware (and time.. ) to test on. The new drivers ( needed for their 
newest chipsets ) are provided in a format which makes life difficult 
for whoever tries to repackage them... so I did not even try to do that.


As a bottom line, based on what you described as needs, just pick 
whichever you like. Both NVidia and ATI have pretty good opensource 
drivers. Take into account what tasks you want the card for, I doubt 
that you will not need the proprietary drivers.

wolfy