[gentoo-user] Trying to find which driver I can use with a ATI v9800 fireball

[gentoo-user] Trying to find which driver I can use with a ATI v9800 fireball

[Vizo Allman]

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So I have this model

http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/Professional-Graphics/AMD-FirePro%E2%84%A2-3D-Workstation-Graphics/ATI-FirePro%E2%84%A2-V9800/24

And this is the last binary driver that would work with my card

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/workstation/previous/detail?os=Linux+x86_64&rev=15.201.2401#

for the life of me I cant figure how to get that installed . Any one know
what to do? Please tell me what information I should provide to get the
answr I need.

Thanks

-vizo-


-- 
"Nor aught availed him now
To have build in Heaven high towers    Nor did he scape
By all his engines
But was headlong sent with his industrious crew
To build in Hell
"Milton, "Paradise Lost"

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Re: [gentoo-user] Trying to find which driver I can use with a ATI v9800 fireball

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am 04.12.2016 um 05:13 schrieb Vizo Allman:
> So I have this model
>  http://products.amd.com/en-us/search/Professional-Graphics/AMD-FirePro%E2%84%A2-3D-Workstation-Graphics/ATI-FirePro%E2%84%A2-V9800/24
>
> And this is the last binary driver that would work with my card
>  http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/workstation/previous/detail?os=Linux+x86_64&rev=15.201.2401#
>
> for the life of me I cant figure how to get that installed . Any one
> know what to do? Please tell me what information I should provide to
> get the answr I need.
>
> Thanks
>
> -vizo-
>
>
> -- 
> "Nor aught availed him now
> To have build in Heaven high towers    Nor did he scape
> By all his engines
> But was headlong sent with his industrious crew
> To build in Hell
> "Milton, "Paradise Lost"

step 1: google: radeon gentoo wiki
step 2: read
step 3: follow instructions

[gentoo-user] Re: Trying to find which driver I can use with a ATI v9800 fireball

[Grant Edwards]

On 2016-12-10, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:

> step 1: google: radeon gentoo wiki
> step 2: read
> step 3: follow instructions

You forgot:

step 4: give up and buy an nvidia card.

;)

I've always had consistently bad luck with radeon under Linux.  The
last time I tried, the open-source driver kept locking-up or crashing
and the proprietary driver stopped supporting my card before it was 2
years old.

Maybe things have improved in the past couple years...

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Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Trying to find which driver I can use with a ATI v9800 fireball

[wabe]

Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2016-12-10, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > step 1: google: radeon gentoo wiki
> > step 2: read
> > step 3: follow instructions  
> 
> You forgot:
> 
> step 4: give up and buy an nvidia card.
> 
> ;)
> 
> I've always had consistently bad luck with radeon under Linux.  The
> last time I tried, the open-source driver kept locking-up or crashing
> and the proprietary driver stopped supporting my card before it was 2
> years old.
> 
> Maybe things have improved in the past couple years...

Since at least 8 years (maybe over 10 years, can't remember exactly) 
I use ATI/Radeon Cards with open source driver and never had major 
problems with that. Never had a big interest in 3D performance. For
me it was always sufficient when my screensaver (glslideshow) works.

About two years ago I bought a Radeon R7 250. At the beginning I had 
some problems when I activated compositing, but after an driver update
some weeks later it works flawless. After the latest driver update a
few weeks ago, 2D performance increased a lot and is really perfect
now, even with UHD resolution.

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Regards
wabe