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Florian Philipp <lists <at> f_philipp.fastmail.net> writes: |
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> I have a quick question: I plan to buy a notebook with an ATI Mobility |
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> Radeon HD 4250. How well would that one work? Can I reasonably expect |
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> Suspend2Ram, 3d acceleration etc to work stable? |
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Well, lots of good information previously posted. Here's a |
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few more tidbits. When ATI video get's older, there's |
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always good opensource solutions to keep using it. Nvidia, |
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sometimes you toss in garbage can, or use vesa or |
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get lucky? Dunno, as I personally avoid Nvidia; other |
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insist on Nvidia..... kinda a religious thing with some..... |
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For example, I have a fanless ATI video card |
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ATI Technologies Inc RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] |
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where I'm currently using ati-drivers. Sweet enough |
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for most video gaming, silent and power efficient. |
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I just got this card, but have not set it up yet: |
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HIS Radeon HD 5550 Low Profile Video Card, |
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also fanless..... |
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There is new support, open source, in the kernel for ATI video, |
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Look here under graphics: |
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http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges |
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and here: |
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http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonhd |
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So I use ati-drivers on the newer ati video cards, then |
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switch to open source drivers, as the hardware matures or |
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support, via open sources, becomes robust for a given generation |
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of ATI video product. One thing to remember; It's kind of |
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difficult to change the video card on a laptop.... |
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ymmv;hth, |
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James |
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