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JimD wrote: |
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> I am looking to get a new video card. I have used an NVidia with Linux |
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> for a *long* time now. I can't recall when I last bought an ATI card, |
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> at least 6 years or more. |
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> Anyway I want to get some feedback on the current ATI driver state. Are |
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> they stable and pretty easy to use/install? Any problems with games? |
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> How about commercial OpenGL games ported to Linux like Call of Duty and |
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> Doom 3? |
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My experience is that the cards are plenty good performance wise. But I |
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*never* goto the newest kernel or ati-drivers until they have been |
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upgraded and I have plenty of time to downgrade again if I need to. I am |
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just thinking about jumping to 2.6.16 because I see that ati-drivers |
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have been updated to support them (about time). I have also played ut2k4 |
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on my laptop (IBM T42) and the graphics were purty, with an ati card =) |
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I do not tell people that they are horrible cards, instead I tell people |
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to be prepared to deal with them. |
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HTH, |
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Jeremy |
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Jeremy Olexa |
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(olexa@××××××.edu) |
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Office: EE/CS 1-201 |
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CS/IT Systems Staff |
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University of Minnesota |
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