[PD] gfx card question

[ben at ekran.org]

I'm planning on getting a powerbook soon, and it'll have an ATI card.

I don't think the ATI binary driver support anything more than the XFree
driver does.

the ATI website is very clear that video output is unsupported. There are
a couple of opensource projects that are working on it, but it only works
on certain all-in-wonder cards.

Ben


> ati also provides a closed source "full featured" driver for linux.
>
> i'm not sure about the video output suppourt, but i'd be interested to
> know if anyone has any luck.
>
> pix.
>
> On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 12:30:10 -0800 (PST)
> <ben at ekran.org> wrote:
>
>> ATI support comes from the DRI community, not from ATI itself. Nvidia
>> provides drivers and develops it themselves. The drivers are not GPL.
>> Can't run accellerated nvidia without the nvidia drivers. The nvidia
>> drivers do let you do video output, the ATI drivers do not.
>>
>> So ATI is better supported by the linux community
>> but Nvidia provides even better support themselves.
>>
>> All depends on if you want video out, and what GPl means to you.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >> If you want to use Gem you should get an vidia card (*all* features
>> well supported under linux) if you just use XP ATIs are nicer, but
>> no video output under linux)
>> >
>> > Really?  I thought ATI radions were the best supported linux cards.
>> is this not true?
>> >
>> > also, they come in versions without a gpu fan if you interested in
>> making a quiet computer.
>> >
>> > -august.
>>
>>
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