On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:06 AM, Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote: > What's the difference (in performance) between fglrx and xf86-video-ati ?
My experience with my first and only ATI video card (a Mobility Radeon 9700), is that the opensource drivers for my chipset are basically useless for anything 3D. Slow, corrupt graphics, freezing the computer. The ati-drivers/fglrx was several times faster and much more stable. Unfortunately, ATI removed support for my card from their drivers in 2009, leaving me no choice but to use the OSS driver unless I want to downgrade my system to use kernel 2.6.28 or earlier.
