On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Paul <pfrederick1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, c beck <usabecker@...> wrote:
> >
> > I've been wondering about ATI acceleration lately.<snip>
> > Doesn't seem much better (or worse) than intell integrated graphics,
> > other than setup and actually getting a driver to work.
> >
>
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> It was easier for me to get Intel to work accelerated than ATI hardware on that system. I had some random ATI card lying around which I plugged into it. When I finally got it to work it wasn't even as good as my integrated graphics so I removed it.
This is basically what I'm talking about. A bunch of picking and
poking around, and when I was done, it doesn't seem to be any
noticeable difference over the integrated graphics on the Pentium4
machine sitting next to this one. Considering I don't install Compiz
or another desktop composter, and I don't play games... there's not
too much to judge by.
>
> I'm looking at Nvidia hardware. While their accelerated drivers are not open source, they seem to make an effort to support Linux as best as they can to me. Are any accelerated drivers open source for modern GPUs today?
For Nivedea, there is "Nouveau" or something. I've heard it is
decent. My research indicated the Radeon driver in the Ubuntu
repository should be very mature and even "have good 3D acceleration
support" for my specific card (according to the community wiki). But
since it didn't work at all... well. Go figure.
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