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RaZoR1394:
Please don't do the same mistake as I did (I bought a high end ATI card) a year ago. The problems are huge for people with all kinds of Radeon cards ranging from 9200 to x1900. My 9800pro has worked fine in my htpc but my x850xt has mostly been problems (lockups, lagg, bad performance, low on features, etc). Now I'm struggling with a very annoying bug that keeps me from logging out (it hardlocks the computer and the workarounds don't work). The bug is confirmed and has been for over a half year. Now I'm studying at the university and I simply don't have time for this crap. I made a big thread at another forum (swedish) where most ATI users reported problems with fglrx. Drivers have gotten better but they're still crap. One release breaks r200 support, other one introduces lockups. If you look at the development they keep introducing new features while not fixing most of the current bugs. If you contact ATI support you get the classical "Fuck of, support for GNU/Linux is provided as is.". There is a guy aiding over at Rage3d but often he doesn't give a rats ass specially when you start criticising ATI. Nvidia have several peeps over at nVNews and I also believe that they offer GNU/Linux support via their support center. Performance with nVidia Forceware is also similar to Windows if not better, Cedega features works fully and there ain't many problems with native games.

So please buy an nVidia card if you wan't to use GNU/Linux and play games or Intel GMA if you just want eye candy like AIGLX. I will probably insert a nVidia
7900gtx this evening into my gaming rig. Sorry for the rant. I'm just so sick of this shit and I hope you stay away from ATI. If I have the time I'll remove my 9800pro and insert a 7800gs for the sake of nVidia's good drivers. Don't forget that ATI is sleeping with Microsoft.

piratePenguin:
The free (as in freedom) ati driver isn't that bad, especially if you have a radeon

RaZoR1394:

--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---The free (as in freedom) ati driver isn't that bad, especially if you have a radeon

piratePenguin:
Oops.. When I said "driver" I meant "3d driver"..
--- Quote from: RaZoR1394 ---Yes for old cards but good luck getting a x1900xtx or a x1950xt running with the free radeon drivers. Pre x1800xt cards ain't worth shit for high end gaming.
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The cheapest card in the results of a search for 'x1800xt' on newegg is nearly $190, by "high end gaming" maybe you mean "funding AMD".

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The rumour about ATI releasing free drivers is just BS. Either way it would just be a functional driver as they said, no 3d, xgl, aiglx, high performance etc.
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As I understand, it would be fglrx. We already have free 2d drivers for ATi cards.
--- Quote ---An ATI/AMD rep recently said openly that there are too many patented optimizations in the driver to make it open source.
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Licensed patented optimizations? I can see how that would fck things up..

Anyhow. Even if they just release decent specs it'd be fine (better, even).

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And yes there is a free driver for nVidia (nv) however I don't think it provides accelerated 3d.
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It doesn't.

Lead Head:
LOL. $190 for an x1800xt is dirt cheap! they originially retailed at about $500 wich was considered good at the time! but x1800s have ceased production a while ago, the x1900s have replaced it

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