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?'."

Comments

Re:What was the question again?

[kimvette]

if they are not blocked from releasing their specs due to third party IP inside.

As far as that line from ATI is concerned (the "third party IP" claim) it is BULLSHIT. There is nothing proprietary about "to do foo, send value (n) to register fc70" that can reasonably violate any NDA, violate any copyright or patent, or give an edge to any competitor. ATI is just a bunch of megalomaniac pricks, a trait they inherited when they purchased the rotting carcass of Diamond Multimedia, which had a similar elitist attitude toward their customers, ESPECIALLY Linux users.