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Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2016-12-10, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> > step 1: google: radeon gentoo wiki |
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> > step 2: read |
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> > step 3: follow instructions |
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> You forgot: |
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> step 4: give up and buy an nvidia card. |
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> ;) |
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> I've always had consistently bad luck with radeon under Linux. The |
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> last time I tried, the open-source driver kept locking-up or crashing |
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> and the proprietary driver stopped supporting my card before it was 2 |
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> years old. |
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> |
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> Maybe things have improved in the past couple years... |
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Since at least 8 years (maybe over 10 years, can't remember exactly) |
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I use ATI/Radeon Cards with open source driver and never had major |
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problems with that. Never had a big interest in 3D performance. For |
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me it was always sufficient when my screensaver (glslideshow) works. |
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About two years ago I bought a Radeon R7 250. At the beginning I had |
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some problems when I activated compositing, but after an driver update |
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some weeks later it works flawless. After the latest driver update a |
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few weeks ago, 2D performance increased a lot and is really perfect |
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now, even with UHD resolution. |
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Regards |
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wabe |
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