On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], c beck <usabecker@...> wrote: > > > > I've been wondering about ATI acceleration lately.<snip> > > Doesn't seem much better (or worse) than intell integrated graphics, > > other than setup and actually getting a driver to work. > > > > > It was easier for me to get Intel to work accelerated than ATI hardware on > that system. I had some random ATI card lying around which I plugged into it. > When I finally got it to work it wasn't even as good as my integrated > graphics so I removed it.
This is basically what I'm talking about. A bunch of picking and poking around, and when I was done, it doesn't seem to be any noticeable difference over the integrated graphics on the Pentium4 machine sitting next to this one. Considering I don't install Compiz or another desktop composter, and I don't play games... there's not too much to judge by. > > I'm looking at Nvidia hardware. While their accelerated drivers are not open > source, they seem to make an effort to support Linux as best as they can to > me. Are any accelerated drivers open source for modern GPUs today? For Nivedea, there is "Nouveau" or something. I've heard it is decent. My research indicated the Radeon driver in the Ubuntu repository should be very mature and even "have good 3D acceleration support" for my specific card (according to the community wiki). But since it didn't work at all... well. Go figure. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
