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AMD's New Card Supports Linux From the Get-Go

Posted by timothy on from the no-present-like-the-time dept.

Michael writes "Back in September AMD had announced a new ATI Linux driver as well as opening up their GPU specifications, and today they have taken an additional step to better support the Linux OS. With the just-announced Radeon HD 4850 RV770 they have provided same-day Linux support, and the Linux driver is now shipping alongside the Windows driver on their product CDs. In addition, they are encouraging their AIB partners to showcase Tux on the product packaging as a sign of Linux support. Last but certainly not least, AMD is committed from top-to-bottom product support on Linux and they will be introducing high-end features in their Linux driver such as MultiGPU CrossFire technology. Phoronix has a run-down on AMD's evolutionary leap in Linux support along with information on the open-source support for the RV770 GPU."

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  1. Re:losing strategy by timmarhy · · Score: -1, Troll
    Name me one hardware vendor in the consumer sector of the market that has significantly increased market share and profits by developing for linux. can't name one can you? right that's because partnering up with linux is like becoming an MS partner, it's the death knell for your company. company's make a push into linux when they become desperate for any attention they can get.

    amd/ati would be far better off focusing 100% on capturing the windows market THEN they would have the clout to affect some changes.

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  2. Re:losing strategy by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll

    cisco is hardly consumer hardware. please provide some facts to back up their increased sales in the consumer market, because i don't see their linux offerings as being more than a gimic.

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  3. Re:linux games by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Basically Ubuntu is the best OS I have used to date. I have always been a computer geek"

    And after using *BSD, HP-Ux, Solaris, AIX, BeOS, Plan9 and Inferno, on the OS side, and Slackware, Debian, Gentoo, Red Hat, Suse and Arch on the "linux-only camp" did you decide Ubuntu the best OS?

    Or is it that you think Ubuntu to be the best among Windows, Ubuntu and Red Hat which are all you know?

    I bet for the second option and, no, you aren't a "computer geek".