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Useless ATI drivers (fglrx)
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---The free (as in freedom) ati driver isn't that bad, especially if you have a radeon
piratePenguin:
Am I the only person who's properly tried the free DRI driver for ATi cards?
I've had no problems playing bzflag or Enemy Territory (which runs unbelievably fast, I can't believe the card can handle it!). In some benchmarks posted to one of the mailing lists (dri-users probably) the free drivers beat fglrx (and (more often, especially on later cards) vica versa).
compiz also runs without a hitch. In fact, I can't remember the last time I found a shortcoming using the free driver.
Then again, all I have is a shitty out-dated radeon 9600 that's good for nothing except playing games that don't have the shitty effects and detail that adds so much to gameplay (but at least it, as well as the bloated software, keeps the US in business, so they can take good care of the rest of the world (and the solar system too)).
H_TeXMeX_H:
I thought you need to run a 2.4.x kernel for DRI ... I don't like doing that.
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---I thought you need to run a 2.4.x kernel for DRI ...
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Um, you don't.
H_TeXMeX_H:
Well, I've never actually gotten the DRI drivers to work, so I wouldn't know how good they are. Do they come standard in most distros ... or do you have to install them yourself ? If so, is there an easy way to install them ?
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