[ltp] ati fireGL 9000
Glyn Kennington
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 9 Sep 2003 07:26:14 +0100
William R Sherman wrote:
> I've had a few people recommend against the
> ATI graphics for Linux, which is causing me to lean toward the
> Dell Ispiron 8600 (which has an option for a 1900x1200 screen -- not
> sure how many bits deep, but I'd get it with a 128M GeForceFX Go 5650).
I suspect the reason these people are recommending against ATI graphics
for Linux is that ATI recently started doing binary-only drivers, rather
than releasing the full specs. However, nvidia have been releasing
binary-only drivers for much longer.
Glyn