-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/9aDRRkS5DWK1mZkRAr8HAJ43sdsLXTGs26IiANa7gow5UowhfgCg7W54 xK0OgPPt7Yef/oV/O6mHNXI= =YBSH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
