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On 2007-05-07, Francisco Rivas <taken2k4@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Next time I'm in the market for a loptop, I'm going to think |
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>> long and hard before buying another model that has an ATI video |
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>> chipset. I've never had a lick of trouble with NVidia drivers |
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>> and have had constant headaches with ATI drivers (from both |
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>> xorg and ATI). |
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> Your comment is really funny because I think the same before |
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> my 8.36ati-drivers work. Honestly I think the same now, it's |
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> important keep that in mind. In my job I have an Nvidia Video |
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> Card and on the first time i installed the nvidia-drivers |
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> pufff.. works. |
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I used to like ATI because there were open-source drivers that |
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supported 3D acceleration, but that ended a few years ago: the |
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9250 was the last board with opensource DRI support. |
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Unfortunately, if you're shopping for a laptop there seem very |
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few non-ATI choices. |
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Grant Edwards grante Yow! I represent a |
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at sardine!! |
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visi.com |
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