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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 19:01:15 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAN0CFw0cFpQZCr3ing_capYqY-rzef2XqWFe6oHBzdKA5_EEgA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <j972qb$k24$1@dough.gmane.org>

>>>> Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the
>>>> different GPU's in different cards differently?  Maybe not and there
>>>> is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards?
>>>
>>> The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to handle them
>>> differently.
>>
>> So some perform better than others even with the open-source drivers?
>
> Yes.  Though the differences should not be as extreme as with the Catalyst
> driver, since the open drivers don't use the GPU very effectively.

Got it, thanks guys.

- Grant



      reply	other threads:[~2011-11-07  3:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-05 21:51 [gentoo-user] {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities? Grant
2011-11-05 22:10 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2011-11-06 16:45   ` Grant
2011-11-06 17:24     ` James Broadhead
2011-11-06 22:47     ` Nikos Chantziaras
2011-11-07  3:01       ` Grant [this message]

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