Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers

2010-07-28 Thread BRM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers Nvidia's binary can't be compared to ATI's one. The problems you describe are ATI-binary specific. And yes the nvidia binary replaces a lot of Xorg stuff, but after some time you will realise that this is a good thing, as the Xorg is a mess

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers

2010-07-27 Thread App Deb
If you are going to use any *nix, nvidia is the best option for years now. The nvidia closed source drivers are of professional quality and have great performance. Actually they are the *standard* for graphics in *nix, and many (professional or not) applications actually support only nvidia. The

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers

2010-07-27 Thread BRM
and you'll see the full story of nVidia's proprietary driver. Ben From: App Deb appde...@gmail.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Sent: Tue, July 27, 2010 5:29:10 AM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers If you are going to use any *nix, nvidia is the best option for years now

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers

2010-07-27 Thread App Deb
@lists.gentoo.org *Sent:* Tue, July 27, 2010 5:29:10 AM *Subject:* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers If you are going to use any *nix, nvidia is the best option for years now. The nvidia closed source drivers are of professional quality and have great performance. Actually

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers

2010-07-26 Thread Daniel Troeder
Oh yes - considering support time is a really good hint! Just one thing: On 07/26/2010 01:01 AM, James wrote: http://www.x.org/wiki/radeonhd The radeonhd driver has been abandoned recently by its last supporter (Novell), because the radeon-driver includes now practically all features of

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers

2010-07-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 26.07.2010 01:01, schrieb James: Florian Philipp lists at f_philipp.fastmail.net writes: I have a quick question: I plan to buy a notebook with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250. How well would that one work? Can I reasonably expect Suspend2Ram, 3d acceleration etc to work stable? Well,

[gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers

2010-07-25 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 07/25/2010 07:00 PM, Florian Philipp wrote: Hi list! I have a quick question: I plan to buy a notebook with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250. How well would that one work? Can I reasonably expect Suspend2Ram, 3d acceleration etc to work stable? Suspend should work. 3D however is too slow.

[gentoo-user] Re: State of Radeon drivers

2010-07-25 Thread James
Florian Philipp lists at f_philipp.fastmail.net writes: I have a quick question: I plan to buy a notebook with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250. How well would that one work? Can I reasonably expect Suspend2Ram, 3d acceleration etc to work stable? Well, lots of good information previously