dslreports logo
Forums → Software and Operating Systems →

Unix and Linux → Re: Goodbye ATI, it was nice knowing you.

 uniqs
1
Share
« July desktops • LDAP as addressbook »
This is a sub-selection from Goodbye ATI, it was nice knowing you.

sremick
FreeBSD on the desktop
join:2001-11-11
Bristol, VT

sremick to Aggie Dan

Member

2005-Jul-6 10:13 am

to Aggie Dan

Re: Goodbye ATI, it was nice knowing you.

Smart move. Nvidia seems to support the open OSes much better than ATI. Even on Windows, I had always found that while ATI cards might perform well, their drivers sucked pretty bad. Nvidia was famous for having some solid, polished drivers.

I use the Nvidia binary driver for my FreeBSD system to get hardware 3D.

Only had one issue recently... apparently with the way things stand now I can't have glx (hardware 3D) and the new "composite" extension in Xorg at the same time. Hopefully that gets resolved soon. I know composite is quite new and not used much, but still.
· actions · 2005-Jul-6 10:13 am ·
Forums → Software and Operating Systems → Unix and Linux
« July desktops • LDAP as addressbook »
This is a sub-selection from Goodbye ATI, it was nice knowing you.