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From: Chris Cox on 6 May 2008 19:44 Darren Salt wrote: > I demand that Chris Cox may or may not have trolled... > >> Mark Hobley wrote: >>> In comp.os.linux.hardware Chris Cox <ccox_nopenotthis(a)airmail.net> wrote: >>>> Ok... but having owned ATI and Nvidia cards throughout the years, >>>> ATI always gives me the most headaches... >>> I only use ATI cards here, and have had no problems with the open source >>> drivers. > >> The open source drivers only support a limited subset of cards and even >> then, no accelerated 3d on most (and 3d only very recently anyhow). > > That would be "r5xx and r6xx cards, ignoring the older ones", right? Are you talking about the very recent advancement in having some 3d support? If so, I can't remember which cards were supported... but still, it's progress. And yes, I know, the support is very limited.... at least today (that is limited 3d). I'm hoping we'll see the first viable FOSS set of drivers for accelerated 3d (that is, something that runs at least games made 5 years ago reasonably well). But today... if you want that... Nvidia works the best.
From: Darren Salt on 6 May 2008 17:13
I demand that Chris Cox may or may not have trolled... > Mark Hobley wrote: >> In comp.os.linux.hardware Chris Cox <ccox_nopenotthis(a)airmail.net> wrote: >>> Ok... but having owned ATI and Nvidia cards throughout the years, >>> ATI always gives me the most headaches... >> I only use ATI cards here, and have had no problems with the open source >> drivers. > The open source drivers only support a limited subset of cards and even > then, no accelerated 3d on most (and 3d only very recently anyhow). That would be "r5xx and r6xx cards, ignoring the older ones", right? [snip] -- | Darren Salt | linux or ds at | nr. Ashington, | Toon | RISC OS, Linux | youmustbejoking,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army | Let's keep the pound sterling I'm the person that your mother warned you about. |