Re: [SLE] Has anyone tried the new ATi Linux driver, version 8.14.13?

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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:16:34 +0200

On Tuesday 14 June 2005 06:44, D'Arcy MacIsaac wrote:

> >or an ATi based card. Any comments or insights would
> >be greatly appreciated!
> >Thanx...
> >-Ubence
>
> Go with the Nvidia, unless you're really into pain and massive
> annoyance. I imagine both have great lines of cards, but in terms of
> linux (and bsd) friendliness, nvidia's the only serious game in town
> (stupid easy SINGLE driver install for most of their models (by
> single I'm comparing it to that monstrosity of a web site that ATI
> has you hunt around to find just the right driver for your particular
> card), and great performance).

Gosh, that's strange. The ATI drivers were included with the distro.
Didn't have to download them. And they installed without any problems.

> ATIs on the other hand are an abhorrence in Linux. I should know, my
> Linux desktop at work (a Dell optiplex 280) has an ATI X300 on it. I
> did try their most recent driver (with the gui installer and all),
> and the best I've gotten with it now is 2D, 3D doesn't work. I did
> have 3D working at one point with the card, on SUSE I believe using
> the older fglrx drivers that were on the 9.3 dvd, but not now. Even
> when I've seen 3D working on it though (under linux), performance has
> been subpar. My old GeForce2 would've given better results I think.

I picked up the latest from SUSE. Same as the ATI site, installed and
work flawlessly. BTW the card is a 9800pro on a dual AMD platform. AS
for yours, I wouldn't even purchase a dell. Most that I've seen, and we
have about 125 of them at work, are the worst excuse for a computer
I've seen. Shoddy workmanship and cheap parts.

If you can't get it to work, that's fine. But your general statement is
just plain wrong.

Mike

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