[ale] ATI closed source graphics drivers
Geoffrey
esoteric at 3times25.net
Sat May 7 08:32:20 EDT 2005
ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> On Saturday May 07 2005 00:07, Dow Hurst wrote:
>
>>Do the ATI driver work as well as the Nvidia one? I don't have an ATI
>>based machine to try on. It would sure make choosing a laptop easier
>>for me or recommending one for others. I just need to be able to
>>recommend hardware accelerated OpenGL based performance on a laptop but
>>don't want a 10lb monster.
>>Thanks,
>>Dow
>
>
> Yes. I found that ATI drivers have great performance AND there are no hoops to
> jump through to get them installed. Distros like Suse even ship with drivers
> that can be configured simply by clicking with the mouse.
But Suse does not ship the ATI provided drivers. I thought that was
what Dow was asking , but then, I've not had but one cup of coffee thus
far...
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Until later, Geoffrey
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