Archives
Archives
| From: | pk <peterk2@××××××××.se> | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida | ||
| Date: | Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:51:32 | ||
| Message-Id: | 485807AD.8040402@coolmail.se | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Ati or Nvida by "Hemmann | ||
| 1 | Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > Yes, ATI has released docu. Yes, everybody is working on the drivers. But the |
| 4 | > open ones only do 2d so far and the closed ones are horrible. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | I have had quite a few ATI cards (all radeon class) and have been using |
| 7 | fglrx for almost as long as it has been out and have had very little |
| 8 | problems. I have only had one Nvidia card though (which I gave up on a |
| 9 | long time ago due to problems with the drivers). So everything's not |
| 10 | "peachy" in Nvidia-land... All from my experience and point of view, of |
| 11 | course. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Regarding the open source drivers (of which I'm quite excited about): |
| 14 | The open ones do 3D and have done so for quite a while (r2/3/400). R500 |
| 15 | has recently been added (albeit alpha quality) and r600 is on it's way. |
| 16 | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ati_r500_3d&num=1 |
| 17 | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ati_r500_gaming&num=1 |
| 18 | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjUwNw |
| 19 | |
| 20 | For the inquisitive, documentation is here: |
| 21 | http://developer.amd.com/DOCUMENTATION/GUIDES/Pages/default.aspx |
| 22 | |
| 23 | I plan to use an open driver (haven't decided between radeon and |
| 24 | radeonhd) when r600 support has stabilised... |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Best regards / MfG |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Peter K |
| 29 | -- |
| 30 | gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list |