--- In [email protected], c beck <usabecker@...> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Paul <pfrederick1@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], c beck <usabecker@> wrote: > > > > > > I've been wondering about ATI acceleration lately.<snip> > > > Doesn't seem much better (or worse) than intell integrated graphics, > > > other than setup and actually getting a driver to work. > > > > > > > > > It was easier for me to get Intel to work accelerated than ATI hardware on > > that system. I had some random ATI card lying around which I plugged into > > it. When I finally got it to work it wasn't even as good as my integrated > > graphics so I removed it. > > This is basically what I'm talking about. A bunch of picking and > poking around, and when I was done, it doesn't seem to be any > noticeable difference over the integrated graphics on the Pentium4 > machine sitting next to this one. Considering I don't install Compiz > or another desktop composter, and I don't play games... there's not > too much to judge by.
2D looks the same to me accelerated or not. Maybe there is some difference, but I never notice it either. Run a 3D GL application and you should notice a big difference then. Video playback may be influenced by drivers too. I haven't done enough testing to see where the differences happen, I just know there are differences depending on software configurations. > > > > > I'm looking at Nvidia hardware. While their accelerated drivers are not > > open source, they seem to make an effort to support Linux as best as they > > can to me. Are any accelerated drivers open source for modern GPUs today? > > For Nivedea, there is "Nouveau" or something. I've heard it is > decent. My research indicated the Radeon driver in the Ubuntu > repository should be very mature and even "have good 3D acceleration > support" for my specific card (according to the community wiki). But > since it didn't work at all... well. Go figure. > What I've read about ATI and what I've personally experienced are often three different things. Enough that I'm a bit gun shy around the stuff anymore to the point of avoiding it. I am still interested in others experiences with ATI though, to see how they compare to mine. I mean if I hear enough favorable I might give their stuff another try. I did notice one odd thing with my Intel machine. Theoretically acceleration was supposed to work on Lenny but I tried it and the X driver and the kernel driver never quite communicated like they were supposed to. What I read said it was supported and should work, but it didn't work for me until I upgraded to Squeeze, which has a newer X, then it all worked as it should. So it wasn't me, I can obviously configure the software. Being as I managed to get it to work in Squeeze, but the same thing didn't work in Lenny. Although everything I read said it should have worked. Sometimes the truth is in the testing though. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
