On 07/25/2010 06:00 PM, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Hi list!
> 
> I have a quick question: I plan to buy a notebook with an ATI Mobility
> Radeon HD 4250. How well would that one work? Can I reasonably expect
> Suspend2Ram, 3d acceleration etc to work stable?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Florian Philipp
> 
Open Source (x11-drivers/xf86-video-ati) and Close Source drivers
(x11-drivers/ati-drivers) do both work with suspend2ram.


From this mailing list (my post) 06/24/2010 10:22 AM +0200, Subject "Re:
[gentoo-user] ATI  RV710/730" in regards to ATI only:
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ATI: 3D is very good - a must for gaming, 2D is SLOW! (thou they did
something about that  with 10.6 - experience differs for users - its
said that window management is fast now, but video still has tearing
effect [also my exp.])
Latest driver (10.6) work with xorg-server-1.7.x only and kernel module
has problems with >=2.6.34 (exp. differ).

Xorg: 3D is basic and very slow but works (the newer the driver/server
the better, development is VERY fast), 2D is a dream (very fast, no
tearing with video)!
Driver is released with Xorg - so work always with newest Xorg, kernel
module is in-kernel - work always with newest kernel :) Driver supports
both KMS and user space MS.
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So... for buying... if u need only 2D (and basic 3d) -> intel.

If you want to play games: nvidia or ati/amd...

The OSS-driver 4 ATI is MUCH more mature and ATI/AMD gives out
documentation and also develops - work is going very well, but will take
time for 3d to catch up. Still for OSS -> ATI.

The closed source drivers of nvidia are much better (very fast match new
kernels and Xorg releases) than the closed source drivers of ati (they
are like a year behind kernel/xorg releases)! So if you plan on being
always on closed source drivers (because you game often or use
3D-software for modeling or so) then x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers works
better. The nvidia driver also offers hardware accelerated HD-video
playback (1080p H264 -> only 10% CPU, rest in GPU).

Bye,
Daniel

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