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

2010-07-28 Thread BRM
27, 2010 5:16:46 PM >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

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

2010-07-27 Thread App Deb
27;s proprietary driver. > > Ben > > > *From:* App Deb > *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 BRM
ther components of X and you'll see the full story of nVidia's proprietary driver. Ben > >From: App Deb >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

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 a

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

2010-07-26 Thread Florian Philipp
Am 26.07.2010 01:01, schrieb James: > Florian Philipp 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? > > We

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 "rade