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ATI Releases New Linux Drivers

Posted by michael on from the tainted-kernel dept.

dinivin writes "Today, ATI has released all new 2D/3D drivers for Linux/XFree86. The drivers will work on any "Built by ATI" Radeon 8500 or higher card (up to the 9700). Unlike the previous drivers from ATI, these support both the XVideo extension and S3TC (making UT2003 playable with these drivers)."

6 of 431 comments (clear)

  1. Cool by Xeo2 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Just what I needed!

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    1. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

      Is your business-model:

      1) Write free software.
      2) ?
      3) Download ATI drivers.
      4) Profit!

      ?

  2. 1 post ?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    YES, now I can finally update my laptop to linux, and make my friends at school yealous with ut2003 :D......

    Nautilus

  3. Re:Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    New business-model?

    1: Write free software.
    2: ?
    3: Get Linux drivers.
    4: Profit!

  4. Drivers for notebook chips ??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Any chance it could work with notebook chips ?
    I have Radeon Mobility M6-C/P which works only
    in VESA mode and I can not even watch a fullscreen
    movie! It is too slow! (Notebook is 1.6GHz
    Celeron so it is graphics).

  5. And this is special why??? by Andy+Dodd · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Um, unless you're running a kernel from the Stone Age, no patch is needed to use any 3DNow! optimized applications.

    3DNow! support goes back at LEAST to kernel 2.2, as I remember using gogo on a K6-2/300 3-4 years ago to rip MP3s. No kernel patch needed.

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