On Tue August 30 2005 1:34 am, Peter Gordon wrote:
Claude Jones wrote:
> On Mon August 29 2005 1:57 pm, Claude Jones wrote:
> I'm running the Radeon 9200SE card on both machines - both machines
>
> seem to be running 3D.
The 9200SE uses an RV280 series chip, which is well-supported by
the Free drivers which are a part of the kernel and X.org's X11
server implementation. Just for the sake of my curiosity, is there
something special that ATi's proprietary driver gives you that you
cannot get with the Free drivers? I think, considering that GNU/Linux
is based on the principles of Free/open-source software, it would make
sense to use Free drivers where supported, right? :-O
This is the first time I've seen any one say that the ATI drivers included in
the kernel were well-supported. Everything I've otherwise read has said that
the built in drivers were lacking in 3D/Open GL performance. I am no expert,
and don't know anything about the RV280 chip. But, I am in video production,
and I was concerned about maximizing my video configuration for that reason.
The only reference I have are the screen savers, and my anecdotal experience
is that the video performance is visibly better on some of the more complex
screen savers with the ATI-fglrx driver then with the one built in to the
kernel.
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Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA