Re: [osg-users] Linux ATI driver improvements!

2007-09-12 Thread Jan Ciger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Osfield wrote: Hi All, A couple of interesting articles out today about Linux ATI drivers, First up AMD/ATI will now support development of open source drivers:

Re: [osg-users] Linux ATI driver improvements!

2007-09-07 Thread Jan Ciger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Osfield wrote: As for quality I can not say without seeing reports for OSG users, but it does at least look like their might be light at the end tunnel, albeit a little way off yet before we're out into the light and AMD/ATI is a real

Re: [osg-users] Linux ATI driver improvements!

2007-09-07 Thread Donald Tidrow
Indeed, given ATI's past track record on 'supporting' Linux, I'd wait at least three months and see where the dust settles before even contemplating buying an ATI card for my Linux systems. Even then, the ATI card would either have to be much cheaper or have some new whiz-bang

Re: [osg-users] Linux ATI driver improvements!

2007-09-07 Thread Ulrich Hertlein
Donald Tidrow wrote: That said, if these drivers really are as good as everybody is hoping, it'll make buying a laptop a lot easier, given how prevalent ATI is in the laptop market. Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a good Linux/nvidia laptop? It seems like most of the laptop you get

Re: [osg-users] Linux ATI driver improvements!

2007-09-07 Thread Jason Daly
Ulrich Hertlein wrote: Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a good Linux/nvidia laptop? It seems like most of the laptop you get nowadays are either ATI or intel... I use a Dell Precision M90, and love it. You get a choice of nVidia mobile Quadro cards. The new Vostro's look pretty

Re: [osg-users] Linux ATI driver improvements!

2007-09-07 Thread Cedric Pinson
I use the last macbook pro with nvidia 8600 and dual core 2 2.4 nice look and good hardware Cedric Jason Daly wrote: Ulrich Hertlein wrote: Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a good Linux/nvidia laptop? It seems like most of the laptop you get nowadays are either ATI or intel... I