[ltp] fglrx vs. radeonhd

Michael Milligan linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:48:16 -0600


Florian Manschwetus wrote:
> Am 17.08.2009 14:58, schrieb Michael Milligan:
>> Florian Manschwetus wrote:
>>> Ok I got today around of a lot of my trouble.
>>> I switched from fglrx to radeon getting all around a unbelievable better
>>> show. Better and faster rendering of h264 videos, more speed on opengl
>>
>> It also works well with the radeonhd driver with 3D enabled, v1.2.5 or
>> later.  I've been using it for some time and have all the benefits you
>> listed with a smaller memory footprint (still have Xorg
>> sucking-all-memory problem though).  Suspend never worked will with
>> fglrx for me, hit-or-miss.  The radeonhs driver has been much more
>> stable for me on a T60p.
>>
>> Incidentally, I must have a first-gen T60p since I've only had one
>> problem, failing hard disk a few months before the 3yr warranty was up.
>>   Replaced using advance-replacement and the hd sled for the ultrabay to
>> copy everything over.

> Is it a CoreDuo or a Core2Duo, that is the only real diffrence afaik
> between first and second generation.

It's a Core Duo... T2600.

Regards,
Mike

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