Re: [gentoo-user] State of ATi drivers in Linux -- IMO, it's horrific...

2008-10-16 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Donnerstag 16 Oktober 2008, Hal Martin wrote: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > On Sunday 28 September 2008, Hal Martin wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I am contemplating building a new computer with an AMD/ATi graphics > >> card. I've been following the subject of ATi driver quality in linux f

Re: [gentoo-user] State of ATi drivers in Linux -- IMO, it's horrific...

2008-10-16 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:59:21 -0400, Hal Martin wrote: > The fact that the > Gentoo Wiki dealing with ATI drivers is outdated and references AGPGART > so many times I actually began to think that my system had AGP on it. > > Does someone have a better guide on how to setup an ATI/AMD graphics > ca

Re: [gentoo-user] State of ATi drivers in Linux -- IMO, it's horrific...

2008-10-15 Thread Hal Martin
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Sunday 28 September 2008, Hal Martin wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I am contemplating building a new computer with an AMD/ATi graphics >> card. I've been following the subject of ATi driver quality in linux for >> a while, but I realize that the experiences I read

Re: [gentoo-user] State of ATi drivers in Linux

2008-09-28 Thread Emil Jensen
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Hal Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, do any of you have newer (HD series) AMD/ATi graphics cards? > What drivers (AMD closed source, or open source) are you using? > Are they stable? > How is the performance? > Any noise issues with your card when it's idle?

Re: [gentoo-user] State of ATi drivers in Linux

2008-09-28 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Sunday 28 September 2008, Hal Martin wrote: > Hello all, > > I am contemplating building a new computer with an AMD/ATi graphics > card. I've been following the subject of ATi driver quality in linux for > a while, but I realize that the experiences I read on Google search > results are, shall w

[gentoo-user] State of ATi drivers in Linux

2008-09-28 Thread Hal Martin
Hello all, I am contemplating building a new computer with an AMD/ATi graphics card. I've been following the subject of ATi driver quality in linux for a while, but I realize that the experiences I read on Google search results are, shall we say, biased, as many people who have perfectly work