Video card and drivers

[energiya]

Hi !

There has been some time since my last post (less and less time) and I haven't really read many news so I don't know what has been happening in the linux world these few months.

My question: I want to buy a new video card but I don't know what to choose: nVidia or ATI? I know there used to be problems with the ATI drivers... any problems now?

Do the last nVidia drivers allow suspending to RAM/disc ? I never managed to get this to work with the legacy drivers (I now have a TNT2 card).

Please no model suggestion... I'm going for a low-end model since I'm not interested in playing games.

Thanks in advance!

[renzokuken]

ATI have recently overhauled their drivers with support for AIGLX and better linux performance in general. however, it is still early and i have seen many reports of the bleeding edge ati drivers causing problems.

i would personally recommend sticking with nVidia for now.

[energiya]

Thanks for the reply!
This confirms what I thought... but what about the suspending part?

[renzokuken]

in all honesty i dont know for sure. my impression is that it works for most but not all.......

edit: maybe this can shed some light https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaLaptopBinaryDriverSuspend