Re: ati vs nvidia

Daniel Cassidy <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.cafe
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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On Thursday 25 September 2003 9:26 pm, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
>   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.

There seem to be a number of contradictory sources on the matter, not least 
ATI's own website.

I for one will wait and see what happens, but won't be rushing out to buy a 
Radeon anytime soon
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