Am 10.03.2013 09:54, schrieb Chris Walters: > Hello Everyone, > > I have a couple of questions concerning what graphic drivers you use. > Does anyone use the proprietary ATI drivers, or have used them? Would > you recommend them? I just recently started using the ati-drivers > package, but I don't really notice a difference - yes it does say the > frame rate is much higher, but I am not sure it is worth losing my > framebuffer over them. > > Technically, I lost my frame buffer because I am using an initramfs > (initrd) because I have an encrypted root file system, and a separate > non-encrypted usr partition. I still have not been able to figure out > how to get either uvesafb or vesafb working through the initramfs. > They will both load fine, before my initrd starts, then they seem to > disappear. > > In case you're wondering, before I changed to the proprietary ati > drivers, I was using the kernel framebuffer for my video card(s). Two > Radeon HD 5000 series cards. I did have to insert the proper ucode > into my kernel, but it worked. > > Chris > > . >
yes, it is worth using them. Because of proper power management alone. You might not care about framerates, but the open source drivers use a lot more energy - for nothing.
