Bernd Steinhauser wrote:
Gaute Hope wrote:
Just for the reference, using the open-source driver gives a significant
lower framerate:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=463&num=2
That isn't exactly correct.
The article was correct when it was published, but a lot of things
changed since then.
Most important is that ATI released the Microcode[1] a year ago.
That improved things a lot and since then the open source driver – at
least for my card, which is a X200M, just like yours – was pretty much
es fast as the closed source driver, also all of the graphic errors went
away.
The difference considering 3D for the X200M wasn't really big since then.
Most of the problems with the open source driver should be gone these
days, for the X200M.
The only things that are missing are Powerplay (WIP) und some Video
stuff (XvMC) and of course some stuff like Gallium support and Kernel
Mode Settungs, which are WIP, too.
In addition, you get rid of a lot of problems the closed source driver
has and can experience some of the advantages of open source drivers
(early X.org adaption, RandR 1.2, OOTB functionality and soon stuff like
KMS etc.).
Forgot the reference:
[1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_microcode&num=1
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