[ltp] ati fireGL 9000

Lukas Kraehenbuehl linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 9 Sep 2003 17:34:45 +0200


On Tuesday 09 September 2003 08:26, Glyn Kennington wrote:
> William R Sherman wrote:
> > I've had a few people recommend against the
> > ATI graphics for Linux
> 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

in fact, ati's cards are the best supported graphic cards for linux. there is 
now 3d support available from two drivers, DRI and ati's fglrx.

lukas