Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-06 Thread Grant
Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the different GPU's in different cards differently?  Maybe not and there is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to handle them differently. So some

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-06 Thread James Broadhead
On 6 November 2011 16:45, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the different GPU's in different cards differently?  Maybe not and there is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? The GPUs are different, so yes,

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-06 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/06/2011 06:45 PM, Grant wrote: Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the different GPU's in different cards differently? Maybe not and there is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-06 Thread Grant
Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the different GPU's in different cards differently?  Maybe not and there is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to handle them differently. So some

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/05/2011 11:51 PM, Grant wrote: Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the different GPU's in different cards differently? Maybe not and there is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to