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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?
Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:50:07
Message-Id: j972qb$k24$1@dough.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities? by Grant
1 On 11/06/2011 06:45 PM, Grant wrote:
2 >>> Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the
3 >>> different GPU's in different cards differently? Maybe not and there
4 >>> is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards?
5 >>
6 >> The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to handle them differently.
7 >
8 > So some perform better than others even with the open-source drivers?
9
10 Yes. Though the differences should not be as extreme as with the
11 Catalyst driver, since the open drivers don't use the GPU very effectively.

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