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Useless ATI drivers (fglrx)
RaZoR1394:
Don't forget that ATI doesn't even have drivers for FreeBSD.
RaZoR1394:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---Oops.. When I said "driver" I meant "3d driver"..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".
As I understand, it would be fglrx. We already have free 2d drivers for ATi cards.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).
It doesn't.
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The current free 2d driver can't even bring up X with the latest ATI cards.
WMD:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---So if you wanna have decent free drivers available, ati isn't so bad. Plus fglrx and the nvidia driver are of questionable legality too ;)
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How exactly?
hm_murdock:
Why doesn't somebody make a $200 computer out of the circuitry on a video board? Seriously, the things are SO DAMN RIDICULOUS that often times, a card is better than the computer it goes into.
GenuineAdvantage:
No offense but legality and rumors into the future can go screw themselves. In the now, nvidia runs with less problems. I already knew all that about ATI. Seriously, even on winblows ATI drivers suck by comparison - in my experience. No doubt, I have to go with nvidia. Well if I ever dork out and spend money on a fancy 3d card that is, it will be nvidia. After I confirm that the linux driver supports it that is.
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