Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
Yes, ATI has released docu. Yes, everybody is working on the drivers. But the
open ones only do 2d so far and the closed ones are horrible.
I have had quite a few ATI cards (all radeon class) and have been using
fglrx for almost as long as it has been out and have had very little
problems. I have only had one Nvidia card though (which I gave up on a
long time ago due to problems with the drivers). So everything's not
"peachy" in Nvidia-land... All from my experience and point of view, of
course.
Regarding the open source drivers (of which I'm quite excited about):
The open ones do 3D and have done so for quite a while (r2/3/400). R500
has recently been added (albeit alpha quality) and r600 is on it's way.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ati_r500_3d&num=1
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ati_r500_gaming&num=1
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjUwNw
For the inquisitive, documentation is here:
http://developer.amd.com/DOCUMENTATION/GUIDES/Pages/default.aspx
I plan to use an open driver (haven't decided between radeon and
radeonhd) when r600 support has stabilised...
Best regards / MfG
Peter K
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