From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kk4uW-0007vB-L9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:38:44 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2483E052F; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.226]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0232E052F for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id c37so849433wra.26 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:38:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=qux5LtbvdlzW4CZnMRgSVXtQwd4K63yVZU2PZK+U4jE=; b=wsGRQLK7heyAUVYaHi+JAC6c2n9q9Is0DgYLXO9/pU+aMCkXr/u//6UO6QZkhD30sC U5zlJGEZrC3XwBDRrOrei6EfMpAo4/Bd6e/NAA4Hm5uZc2Y3t+R5KixnHMm7LS8ROl6J KO8yEG1XPAuLfKhXZgr4Sp5fp2j6Jed3v4bpw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=JCftNUV/IRW14WTeLRX3OlQI8XKRpEoBGtSDDb95ltgU4IvS4h2YpubpvRHb0V3HFZ UBby8f59YbeboGly5TuezTbGaw4hYo+0p8PLlTwvrEkcjzmhi8YkVfWJkn/pwhYjxLqg WrFH+prtuBvt6KbcWdEVpfu3/BRSMPVUkXnts= Received: by 10.65.72.7 with SMTP id z7mr8490944qbk.23.1222641518021; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:38:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.96.17 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:38:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:38:37 +1000 From: "Emil Jensen" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] State of ATi drivers in Linux In-Reply-To: <48DFF578.9070000@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_17144_3616883.1222641517963" References: <48DFF578.9070000@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: d571fa0a-eb52-43c4-a266-53687f6b6c09 X-Archives-Hash: 780f2b5008d7b0509e9feb5f1a852af5 ------=_Part_17144_3616883.1222641517963 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Hal Martin wrote: > So, do any of you have newer (HD series) AMD/ATi graphics cards? > What drivers (AMD closed source, or open source) are you using? > Are they stable? > How is the performance? > Any noise issues with your card when it's idle? Under load? I've been following this a little although I do have an nVidia card. You should check out Phoronix: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=category&item=Display%20Drivers They are probably the top followers of Linux display drivers that I know of. But off the top of my head I'd say that the ATI Catalyst drivers (closed source) are really getting pretty good now and almost on par with their windows equivalent. The RadeonHD (open source) drivers are also getting pretty good, although it depends on the chipset you're using (some have better support than others), and if you're not doing cutting edge gaming, they should perform fine for you. ------=_Part_17144_3616883.1222641517963 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline


On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Hal Martin <hal.martin@gmail.com> wrote:
So, do any of you have newer (HD series) AMD/ATi graphics cards?
What drivers (AMD closed source, or open source) are you using?
Are they stable?
How is the performance?
Any noise issues with your card when it's idle? Under load?

I've been following this a little although I do have an nVidia card. You should check out Phoronix:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=category&item=Display%20Drivers

They are probably the top followers of Linux display drivers that I know of.
But off the top of my head I'd say that the ATI Catalyst drivers (closed source) are really getting pretty good now and almost on par with their windows equivalent.
The RadeonHD (open source) drivers are also getting pretty good, although it depends on the chipset you're using (some have better support than others), and if you're not doing cutting edge gaming, they should perform fine for you.

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