____/ High Plains Thumper on Saturday 15 September 2007 10:11 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Mark Kent on Thursday:
>>> Ian Hilliard espoused:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> AMD 8.41 Display Driver Preview
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>> | Whether you are using a Radeon X300 purchased a few
>>>>> | years ago or the Radeon X1950PRO, the 8.41 driver is
>>>>> | noticeably faster. How much faster? In many cases it
>>>>> | is about 50% faster while in some configurations it may
>>>>> | go as high as 90% or more. In fact, in some benchmarks
>>>>> | the Mobility Radeon X300 was over 10x faster!
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=821&num=1
>>>>>
>>>> If they can fix their OpenGL support then it will no longer
>>>> be necessary to steer clear of their cards. That should help
>>>> improve their bottom line.
>>>
>>> Roll-on open-source support...
>>
>> There's more coming at 5PM GMT. Very exciting, but I am not
>> allowed to say a word about it yet.
>
> This is indeed good news. Last time I used ATI for Linux gaming
> was with the Rage II card, which at the time was a decent
> chipset. After that I went to nVidia. Now, I have the Radeon
> 9550 with 256 MB on it, but haven't done too much with it with
> respect to gaming. Looks like I'll be back in business soon.
>
> :-)
Yes, all those cards are used to curse are suddenly blessed (and the "good"
NVidia cards are suddenly proprietary "garbage"). Since drivers are fetched
over the Web, your hardware turns from zero to hero overnight.
I knew about this in advance. AMD was very excited about it and their image is
likely to improve now, among those who are approached for technical
recommendations.
NVidia will follow suit. They pretty much have to. Intel and AMD are already on
the "open" side. NVidia is now perceived as one that remains the sole player
in the "evil" team.
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