On 2017-07-29 10:36, Xen wrote:
David C. Rankin schreef op 29-07-2017 10:31:
On 07/28/2017 12:50 PM, Simon Heimbach wrote:
Hm. You're right. I thought the old chips are still supported, but I was wrong.
That's why I will never buy an ATI video card again (or laptop with an ATI card). They just "drop" all support for older products, users be damned. What was new a couple of years ago to ATI is suddenly "Legacy" and "Unsupported". Been though several iterations of this -- the first in Aug. 09 when all fglrx support for everything less that the 2600 series cards was just dropped. Poof - Sorry you bought that expensive laptop a few years ago, but...
Every nvidia card is still supported.
Not by the newest drivers though.
E.g. some nVidia cards require a maximum driver version of something like 325. It's true that those drivers are still available, but when I tried using one things started crashing (this was a Cinnamon experience). Probably more of a Cinnamon thing though, but you get the point.
I built this computer on 2009. It has an nvidia card and it is still supported. However, some say that the ATI/AMD drivers got opened and that there is better support from open drivers :-? -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)