[ltp] Re: Shame and degradation: T60, ATI X1400, fglrx, Gutsy, apt-get dist-upgrade, fonts, HW accel, suspend/resume

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Indeed, *most* of the times I don't need 3D.  But sometimes I do
>> (Google Earth, Blender, or playing some game).  It's a shame not to
>> have 3D on this $2800 laptop (well, 2800 when I bought it).  My father
>> has a laptop that was less than $700 but does 3D very well on that
>> cheap Intel card.  I mean, f**k ATI.

> It is annoying that these nice cards don't have good driver support, but
> don't forget that they've finally released some specs and there are
> 2 alternatives.

> I've tried both radeonhd and a recent git pull of the x.org ati stuff that
> does support the V5200 card...

> No 3d, but both are much faster than vesa and suspend/resume works
> without trouble.

I'm using the radeonhd driver here now (after having used the vesa
driver) on my T60, and I must say that I wonder where you saw
a performance difference between the two.  After all the radeonhd driver
has still no HW acceleration at all, not even 2D.  The only thing it
provides (which happens to be the thing that I was looking for anyway)
is multihead and RandR support.

For me, another reason to stay awaay from ATI is the power consumption,
heat, and noise: it reduces my battery life and causes my fan to always
be spinning.


        Stefan