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Okay...    Ever since Nvidia came out with their Geforce series, I've been hooked.  I've built upwards of 100 systems in my life (family / friends / work) and out of those, about 90% of them use Nvidia video cards.  I also highly prefer AMD.  In fact, the very first computer I built was an AMD K6-2 250MHZ machine with a 3dfx 3d accelerator.  Man, I was stoked.

Anyway...  I digress.  I really enjoy building computer systems, and I've used AMD / Nvidia for the overwhelming majority for processors and video cards.

Well..  When AMD bought ATI and proclaimed from the rooftops that it would release the all the specs and source code for their video cards, I caught my eyebrow raising, just a little.

Quite a bit of time has passed since that day, and I now find myself in a quandry:

1. I really really really want AMD to stay in business, and actually really like their products.  My Phenom 9850 suits me just fine, as well as the numerous 64-bit X2's I've got around.
2. I really have had a great experience with the Nvidia cards I've used.
3. AMD now owns ATI, and I have no good reason not to switch from Nvidia to ATI.

So, there ya have it.  And so do I...  at least, I will tomorrow, that is.

Heh...  My boss needed a new video card, so I told him about the 8800GT I had, and said if he wanted it, I'd give it to him if he'd get me a comparable ATI card.  He agreed, and so we made the swap.  He really likes his new 8800GT, and my new ATI HD 4850 video card should be shipped from newegg to my work by tomorrow afternoon.

Although I have no experience whatsoever in dealing with ATI and Linux, I've read a few reviews which state it runs in Linux just fine.  There's even a few gentoo how-to's out there to make it even easier.

We'll see how it goes, and more than likely, you'll see a blog entry about the whole thing.

Wish me luck, and a future bright with all sorts of ATI / AMD goodness.