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The State of ATI Drivers on GNU/Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-I-want-is-some-hot-3d-action dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After 50 days of the Phoronix editor-in-chief exclusively using ATI Radeon hardware in his system, he has issued his final blog post dubbed The State of ATI Linux. Topics covered include the very low frame-rate performance, image quality, overclocking X.Org 7.1 support, Big Desktop/Dual Head, Linux CrossFire, and other relevant items to gamers and Linux enthusiasts. From the article 'While discussing this trial with a colleague that was not familiar with the quality of ATI's Linux drivers he immediately classified ATI Technologies as attempting to fine-tune a hull on a ship while there is a giant hole in the side. However, is this truly the case?'."

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  1. The ugly truth is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ATi sucks ass and the only reason their products get used is they are in macs, PC laptops, and the cases of losers who want to rebel against nvidia. It's not suprising that they are based in Canada.

  2. drawkcaB by McGiraf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Actually, ATI's lack of support for Crossfire and Creative's lack of support for X-Fi (along with their latest Sound APIs) are the things keeping Windows as my primary OS." .pord dluohs uoy taht evitaerC dna ITA s'tI ,drawkcab ti tog uoY