Re: More on ATI Radeon 9200SE

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Gene C. wrote:

>On Wednesday 17 December 2003 08:02, Mike A. Harris wrote:
>> ( ie: ATI Radeon R100, R200, RV200, RV100, R300, etc.)
>
>Thank you for the explanation AND all the work you put into support.

Thanks.

>Mike .. do you know of any place where the features of the various ATI 
>adapters (and/or their respective engines) is described/compared?

The ATI website is the only place I know of that has any real 
details.  That documents the hardware itself though, not 
particular software features implemented in X drivers, but I 
presume you want to know the former.

>I am generally happy with ATI adapters and their support on
>Linux but would like to be a bit more informed when I buy a new
>adapter (I do not need gaming capability but would also like to
>get good value for my $$).

Understood, and that is a good general plan to stick with.  
Always do research on what hardware is available, then find out 
how well they are supported.  That is usually best done by 
posting to [email protected] and other mailing lists, as 
support changes over time, but web based FAQs, docs and other 
stuff doesn't usually get updated often if ever.


>Right now it is more a matter of picking a current product which
>is not "too new" to be supported by XFree86 and does not cost
>too much ...  in other words, it seems like a crap shoot and
>would really prefer to put my $$ into the new Opteron system I
>am building.  ATI seems to have a lot of product variations but
>I am very unclear as to what the differences are.  For example,
>just what are the differences between a 9200, 9200SE, and
>9200PRO?  [I am not looking for a direct answer from you but
>more interested in a source of information about ATI adapters.]

Not really sure, I rarely find the time to review the plethora of
whitepapers on new products, etc. to know what they offer and how
they differ from previous products.  ;o/  ATI's website is about 
the best place to find comparative overviews, etc. though.  Tom's 
Hardware or similar sites might have more useful comparisons, 
albeit performance comparisons are usually Windows based, which 
is interesting, but not necessarily valid for Linux use of 
course.

Hope this helps.

TTYL

-- 
Mike A. Harris


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