The State of ATI Drivers on GNU/Linux

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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Re:VGA-RGB SCART cable

[martinultima]

I'm not sure about SCART, but I know that you can get PC-to-TV converters from sites like http://www.tigerdirect.com/ – or, if you know where to look, eBay has even better deals. I've got a little TView Micro adapter to connect one of my older machines to the TV to play stuff like SuperTux and TuxRacer on (and the occasional DVD) – not the best resolution, only 640x480, but for what I need it's just perfect. Although it's just a regular NTSC/video-in connector, so offhand I'm not entirely sure how useful it would be for you... anyway, probably horribly off-topic, but figured I may as well post what little I know anyway ;-)