HOLY OGRO! ATI LINUX DRIVERS ACTUALLY ARE *FAST*!

by eihrul on 10/23/2007 23:33, 14 messages, last message: 10/28/2007 02:32, 1507 views, last view: 05/04/2024 07:00

Using the 8.42 drivers, my x1300 in Linux now finally ties my 6600 in Sauerbraten, and performance is more or less equivalent to Windows. Horray! ALL HAIL AMD! I can finally remove all the dumbass driver hacks I had in Sauer for ATI!

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by Drakas__ on 10/24/2007 00:08

Sweetness :)
Are you talking about the drivers based upon the released specification?

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by eihrul on 10/24/2007 00:09, refers to #1

No. The latest version of the fglrx drivers, which they based on a unified driver architecture rather than the old crappy licensed codebase they were using before.

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by SheeEttin on 10/24/2007 01:39

Yeah, just installed them, and AIGLX runs. :)

Now to figure out this new-fangled Compiz thing.

If these drivers are actually up to par, my next video card may not be an nVidia.

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by eihrul on 10/24/2007 02:36, refers to #3

SheeEttin, don't go that far. ATI hardware still sucks compared to nvidia's latest offerings. ;)

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by Chaos on 10/24/2007 05:45, refers to #4

The RV670 is expected to be a better price/performance than Nvidia's mid-high end cards.

Basically the verdict is still out on the Radeon HD series.

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by Passa on 10/24/2007 07:32

Well this is great news, although my last ATI Linux system was just upgraded to an Nvidia card so I miss the boat :(

If it supported my laptop Radeon 7500 though it'd be a different thing altogether :(

Still fantastic news.

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by Passa on 10/24/2007 07:38, refers to #6

Wow..

http://www.phoronix.com/data/img/results/822/09.png

From Phoronix. That's the most extreme change, but on average the cards were twice as fast.

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#8: :P

by ATIRULE on 10/25/2007 00:54

Not to flame :p but we windows user have never had any issue with our ATI Drivers :P ;)

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by Passa on 10/26/2007 17:20, refers to #8

Err what? The Catalyst control centre uses the .net framework to run for goodness sakes. Yeah, I need to download 300mb of .net updates from Windows update before I can even set my AA and AF.

And ATI cards are still poor value compared to Nvidia imo.

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by eihrul on 10/26/2007 17:34, refers to #9

Now that ATI has free access to AMD patents and vice versa, the quality of ATI hardware just might go up a notch. Who knows...

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by demosthenes on 10/26/2007 23:37, refers to #10

Let's hope so, they could certainly use a boost.

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by djGentoo on 10/27/2007 10:34

Yeah, the ATI RadeonHD drivers are fast *and* open-source. In a few months (hopefully), so will the NVidia equivalent, Noveau.

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by eihrul on 10/27/2007 10:45, refers to #12

I was talking about ATI's proprietary drivers. Every single open source 3D driver is really crap as far as OpenGL compliance and performance goes.

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by Zorro_hates_cookies2 on 10/28/2007 02:32

eihrul: even if their hardware is inferior and the drivers are not yet up to par, my next card will certainly be an ATI. Free software wins above all else.

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