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Re: [PLUG] ATI Open Source Driver Status
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Casey Bralla wrote:
> I'm planning a video card purcahse soon. I'd like to go with ATI due to their
> better open source support (or at least, better open source noises).
>
> The last I heard, ATI closed source drivers were superior to the open source
> ones.
>
> Anybody have any opinions on them?
>
I, too, had a similar dilemma a few months ago.
I received a second 22" monitor for Christmas and could not get it to
work in a dual-monitor configuration with the existing video card (which
was a ATI Radeon chip in a "Diamond Stealth" card.) To be fair, I could
get the dual monitors to work but only with the generic driver. If I
wanted ANY acceleration at all I had to switch to the fglrx driver and
that simply would not recognize the second monitor. ATI proprietary
drivers failed outright because it was a radeon _chip_ but a Diamond
Stealth _card_.
I bit the bullet and went for a nVidia card and I've been very happy
with it.
ATI may have been a "better" choice for some reasons but the
nVidia-based card is the best performing video card I've ever used.
FYI: Between now and 3/1 there are several video cards on sale at
MicroCenter in St. Davids. Prices from $30 to $135.
Eric
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# Eric Lucas
#
# "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
# And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings...
# -- John Gillespie Magee Jr
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