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AMD To Open ATI Specs

Posted by kdawson on from the just-what-was-asked dept.

Several readers tipped us the followup of yesterday's AMD/ATI news, the new development hinted at by Phoronix: AMD has announced they are releasing the specs for all new Radeon chipsets, and will be working with the open source community to develop a fully functional 2D and 3D graphics driver. An anonymous reader opines: "AMD appears to be following in Intel's footsteps with upcoming releases. If AMD is successful NVidia will have real competition in the GNU/Linux gaming arena. While past support by ATI was unsatisfactory the new AMD buyout appears to be having some effect."

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  1. wooho! by pato101 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_2

  2. Re:Linux gaming arena? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, everyone bitching about Apple's price cut on the iPhone! GTFO, you fucking whiners. It's bad enough that you fuckers are switcheurs (PC users posing as Mac users), but it's doubly bad that you're also entitled douchebags. We don't want your kind on your platform. Just fucking leave, you accountants, and go back to your PCs.

    TYVM.

  3. How long before we drivers for mac that work with. by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How long before we drivers for mac that work with any ati / amd video card with out a EFI rom in a x86 mac?
    Drivers for mac os x 86?