[ltp] Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 vs 64MB ATI Mobility Radeon x300

[Shem Multinymous]

On 3/26/06, L. Mark Stone <lmstone@rnome.com> wrote:
> With ATI you get ATI's binary-only drivers or the barebones ati kernel
> driver.  If you use ATI's drivers, you'll need to recompile them
> everytime you do a kernel update.  That means you'll need to install a
> build environment as well as the kernel sources. It also means you'll
> need to have some familiarity with boot options and/or init 3, for
> when you update the kernel and forget to recompile the binary driver
> before rebooting.

While ATI's fglrx indeed sucks, it's only necessary if you need
accelerated 3D or if you want the better power saving (which works
only in single-screen mode anyway). Otherwise, X.org's "radeon" drive
does the job nicely.

  Shem