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On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Robin Atwood |
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<robin.atwood@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> On Tuesday 17 Jun 2008, Platoali wrote: |
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>> And I want to know which one is better supported in Linux kernel |
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>> regardless of how much open/free the drivers is. I'm currently |
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>> thinking between Nvidia Quadro fx 1700 and Ati firegl 5600. Does |
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>> anyone have any comment about them? |
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> I don't know if this helps but my laptop has an Mobility Radeon 9600 M10 chip |
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> which I use the x11-base/x11-drm drivers with and it's fine. I think it's |
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> only 2D though, i.e. googlemaps is unusable. However, everything is |
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> open-source. |
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> HTH |
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> -Robin |
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> Robin Atwood, |
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My main use for this graphic card is blender and as many know, all the |
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interface is written in OpenGL, so any graphic card without 3D is |
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useless for me. |
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I don't think the new generation of integrated Gpu/Cpu works for |
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professional graphic applications. I think Ati and Nvidia will have at |
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least their pro customers in future for their high end graphic cards. |
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