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A Look at the State of ATI Linux Drivers

Posted by timothy on from the better-than-nothing dept.

Linux PaPa writes "LinuxHardware.org has just posted a great new review on the current state of ATI drivers under Linux. The review is specifically a look at the Connect3D's Radeon X800 and it exposes many of ATI's current problems in their latest drivers. While the drivers seem to have plenty of speed to them now, some stuff still just doesn't work."

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  1. Re:I can tell you the state... by elleomea · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ignore what ATI tells you on their website. Download the fglrx package from them anyway, they work with mobility products about as well as they do with desktop products.

  2. Re:I can tell you the state... by Aeiri · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ignore what ATI tells you on their website. Download the fglrx package from them anyway, they work with mobility products about as well as they do with desktop products.

    With my ATI Radeon X300 PCI Express Mobility, they don't. I didn't even know about the "no laptop" thing.

    I'm currently running generic Mesa GLX drivers, running at ~500 FPS in glxgears. Good enough for what I do on this partition (separate Windows partition for games), but I would love to see what this thing can do with real drivers... those generic drivers give out about 50 FPS on my desktop PC!

  3. Pity they didn't try the free drivers by anth · · Score: 3, Informative

    It seems odd to write a review of hardware for linux and only consider proprietary, binary-only drivers. The R300 project has progressed to the point that they now list what is left to do, and its shorter than the list of what is already done. Many games are playable, and it looks like they could use some testers who have a wider range of cards.