Hello again, On Saturday 30 April 2005 10:36, Randall R Schulz wrote:
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I have gotten the impression that nVidia has the best driver support, though one must manually install the nVidia-supplied driver since they don't allow Linux vendors to include this driver in their distributions. Apparently, there are more problems using Radeon cards.
I my further wanderings and seeking, I've found this (<https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=1176>): -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- <a href='http://www.ati.com/products/catalyst/linux.html'> ATI Proprietary Linux Driver FAQ </a> Notes: 1. The drivers below support English only. 2. The display driver requires POSIX shared memory to be enabled on the system. 3. Kernel Source package is no longer required if Kernel Header package is installed. X-Windows | File Size (MB) | Date Posted Version ---------------------------------------------------------- XFree86 4.1 | 3.9 | 04/07/05 | Version: 8.12.10 XFree86 4.2 | 3.6 | 04/07/05 | Version: 8.12.10 XFree86 4.3 | 4.7 | 04/07/05 | Version: 8.12.10 X.Org 6.8 | 3.6 | 04/07/05 | Version: 8.12.10 -==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==- The FAQ has some interesting information: - 3D is supported. - Cards in the 8500 series and newer are supported. - Only 32-bit processors are supported but 64-bit support is under development. - Fragments of the driver package source is available. - Releases are packaged as RPM packages. - Kernel 2.4 and 2.6 are supported. - XFree86 and X.Org are both supported (as shown above) So... Has ATI turned over a new leaf? Are these good drivers? Are they reliable? Can I feel free to go with a Radeon-based video card? Has anyone tried these drivers? Randall Schulz