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> Well, the nVidia might be nice, but I asked specifically for Radeon (tho |
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> other well freedomware driver supported or headed that way card would work) |
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> as well as AGP, because Radeon is AFAIK the best freedomware supported |
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> hardware available. |
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> But... (vv) |
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I think that yes, along with intel. Couldn't tell you what's better |
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supported. Expect trouble with r6xx based cards *right now*, though. |
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3d doesn't work, at least not officially. Work is being done, but not |
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quite ready for production. |
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If you need 3d acceleration with the open driver, then use an older |
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card, r5xx based. |
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>> You can also see an ati radeon 2400 there, I own one however I can't |
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>> say I am really happy with it. But that's another story and I don't want |
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>> to spoil the thread more than it already is. |
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> hd2400, right? I'll have to take a look, now that I know it's available. |
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> That's r6xx I believe, and while freedomware support is still |
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> a bit rough, come about the end of the year or early next, it should be |
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> coming right into its own. |
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I own a 2400 and I can tell you it's a pain to |
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get radeon working with it. Not even 2d works ok (no dri, which means |
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not even 2d acceleration, very slow, and NO XVIDEO, which is a major |
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flaw). For some others it seems to work ok. It doesn't seem to work |
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too well with multihead, maybe my problems come because of that, I |
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don't really know. |
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As you say, the radeon/radeonhd driveris coming, slowly, but eventually |
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it will catch up, however, *right now*, if you plan to use OSS drivers |
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only, you are better with older hardware. They might work on some months, |
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but it could very well take more time, it just depends on how the thing |
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develops. |
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Jesús Guerrero |
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