Re:Postgres on the GPU
by papsosouid on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @04:14PM
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>AMD on Linux is a complet disaster.
So is nvidia. Both companies produce absolutely horrible drivers. Not just for linux either, tons of bluescreens, crashes and other windows instability issues are video driver bugs. That is what happens when the sole concern is speed, and stability is totally ignored.
Re:Postgres on the GPU
by cmccabe on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @10:55PM
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I have to agree with the grandparent. AMD's graphics drivers for Linux are a complete disaster. NVidia's are only a partial disaster. And sometimes that's the best you get.
So is nvidia. Both companies produce absolutely horrible drivers. Not just for linux either, tons of bluescreens, crashes and other windows instability issues are video driver bugs. That is what happens when the sole concern is speed, and stability is totally ignored.