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On Friday 02 January 2004 15:11, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
> Wrong, big time!
>
> ATI Drivers are so horrible, that unless you have the real high end card
> (8xxx or 9xxx) - then their closed source drivers won't help you, and the
> open source drivers will give you AT BEST - 30-40% of speed in 3D.
>
> I'm not mentioning the fact that there is no AGP driver for their IGP
> chipset (hello IBM thinkpad R20,R30,R40 users), and virtually NONE 3D
> acceleration for their IGP320, IGP340 chips..

Correct. I have a compaq with IGP340. Have xfree 4.3.99.902 installed, patched 
with the appropriate patches, and nada, no DRI. ATI could've released the 
specs, looks like they opted no to do so.


> Want more? sure, go buy their latest (and a previous generation) of ATI All
> In Wonder (AIW) cards and try to use their TV set and other features - good
> luck, it ain't working. I'm on the v4l mailing list and I see those
> complains all the times..
>
> NVidia on the other hand IS supported with everything - starting with their
> 2D, 3D, all the latest X extensions, Video in/out, 2-4 headed screens right
> with their drivers. They also have a support channel in IRC (#nvidia on
> irc.kde.org), as well as forums and email..
>
> Thanks,
> Hetz
>
> On Friday 02 January 2004 01:09 pm, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
> > ביום שישי, 2 בינואר 2004, 12:49, כתבת:
> > > Finally, I have a problem. When I use an OpenGL screensaver, the X
> > > server crashes and brings me back to command line. It doesn't happen
> > > with a non-OpenGL screensaver, so it's probably the driver's fault. I
> > > wish to know how can I resolve this. It is obvious that the lack of
> > > source code and its proprietary nature make the drivers relatively
> > > sub-standard.
> >
> > ATI ownz :)
> >
> > This crappy Radeon 7000 or 7200 works out of the box and has GPL
> > sources... inside X...
- -- 
Meir Kriheli
MKsoft systems
http://www.mksoft.co.il
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