Re: ati vs nvidia
"Timothy R. Butler" <[email protected]>
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| Organization | Universal Networks |
| Message-ID | <1064521573.4340.2.camel@localhost> |
> >The last time I've heard/read about it they were > > opensourcing everything but the 3D stuff which was closed like NVidia's... > The ATI-drivers don't use all of the 3D capabilities of the card. > That is the back draw of ATI's drivers compared to NVidia. > > > So, the ATI Linux driver is developed by ATI, right ? > Yep. Actually, ATI's drivers do utilize the 3D capabilities of the card, but they are not Free Software/Open Source, they are binaries. XFree86 has drivers based on the specs ATI has provided, but they are 3rd party developed and do not support accelerated 3D ATI may eventually go with a Free Software driver, but only when the Radeon R3xx series is no longer competitive. -Tim -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks www.uninet.info ==================== <[email protected]> ==================== | Christian Portal: | Have you not learned great lessons | | www.faithtree.com | from those who braced themselves | | GNU/Linux News: | against you and disputed the | | www.ofb.biz | passage with you? --Walt Whitman |
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