Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-06 Thread Grant
Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the different GPU's in different cards differently?  Maybe not and there is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? >>> >>> The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to handle them >>> differ

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-06 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/06/2011 06:45 PM, Grant wrote: Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the different GPU's in different cards differently? Maybe not and there is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to hand

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-06 Thread James Broadhead
On 6 November 2011 16:45, Grant wrote: >>> Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the >>> different GPU's in different cards differently?  Maybe not and there >>> is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? >> >> The GPUs are different, so yes, the dri

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-06 Thread Grant
>> Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the >> different GPU's in different cards differently?  Maybe not and there >> is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? > > The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to handle them differently. So som

[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?

2011-11-05 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 11/05/2011 11:51 PM, Grant wrote: Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the different GPU's in different cards differently? Maybe not and there is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards? The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to hand