Ubence Quevedo wrote:
I've had much success using the nVidia Linux driver because it just works. I've never had any luck using the old ATi linux drivers. Has anyone tested the newer driver? How was the install process? Painful or Painless? I'm debating on getting a new card, but am on the fence on whether to get an nVidia based card or an ATi based card. Any comments or insights would be greatly appreciated! Thanx... -Ubence
Works fine here on 9.2, installing in exactly the same way as previous drivers. I dispensed with the final sax2 farrago and used the old XF86Config from the previous driver - all works great. But ... in order to get 3D without lockups every few minutes, I have to hack the kernel in order to disable fastwrites completely and then recompile it and the modules, so it's all a bit complicated and very far from "install and go". Although my ATI Radeon is a terrific card under Windows, I've always found Nvidia easier for Linux and the drivers seem faster too (comparatively, depending on your card). I understand that ATI are now making a decent push at Linux, but until we get to click and install for graphics drivers a la Windows, there will still be a ways to go as they say. :) Fish