[marcosdumay]

Size is nothing.

You are also asking the sysadmin to install a closed, unreliable kernel-level piece of software with that GPU.

[darkarmani]

> You are also asking the sysadmin to install a closed, unreliable kernel-level piece of software with that GPU

Unlike all of the closed network equipment they already manage.

[fiatmoney]

NVidia supports particular server-targeted GPUs very well. Buy a Tesla or Quadro, use a supported kernel, and you'll be fine.

[foxhill]

nvidia-server drivers are fairly stable.

it pains me to say that fglrx is still years behind them, however.