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From: Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:47:43 +0200
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On 11/06/2011 06:45 PM, Grant wrote:
>>> 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.