[ltp] ATI driver

Paul Kaplan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 7 Oct 2004 21:35:29 -0400


I've been using Mandrake 10 w/ X4.3 on both a TPT40 and R40.  Both have a 
Radeon 7500 video card.  Seems to work fine for me.  glxgears reports >175fps  
in both cases.

Does anyone know whether there is any advantage to installing the new ATI 
proprietary driver:
http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html?type=linux&prodTy
?

What will it give me?
TIA
Paul