Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-05 Thread Nowaker
Dimitris, You may find this news interesting: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTY4MTc -- Kind regards, Damian Nowak StratusHost www.AtlasHost.eu

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-05 Thread Dimitris Zervas
On May 5, 2014 3:11 PM, Nowaker enwuk...@gmail.com wrote: Dimitris, You may find this news interesting: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTY4MTc -- Kind regards, Damian Nowak StratusHost www.AtlasHost.eu Will I need a new mobo for this? Or it's just sofware?

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Karol Babioch
Hi, Am 03.05.2014 19:57, schrieb Ralf Mardorf: NVIDIA's proprietary driver support is better. I can't attest to whether or not it is better, because I haven't touched ATI graphic cards for quite a while, but in my experience NVIDIA's proprietary driver sucks big time. Last time I checked it

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2014-05-04 at 12:06 +0200, Karol Babioch wrote: Am 03.05.2014 19:57, schrieb Ralf Mardorf: NVIDIA's proprietary driver support is better. I can't attest to whether or not it is better, because I haven't touched ATI graphic cards for quite a while, but in my experience NVIDIA's

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
PS: With linux-rt and the radeon driver real transparency as a desktop effect does cause slow motion when moving windows. Fortunately I don't need it, I even don't know, if the WM I currently prefer does support real transparency, or even faked transparency. It's Jwm. Google Earth does work well

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2014-05-04 at 12:39 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: PS: With linux-rt and the radeon driver real transparency as a desktop effect does cause slow motion when moving windows. Fortunately I don't need it, I even don't know, if the WM I currently prefer does support real transparency, or

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Dimitris Zervas
Guys please. This is --**__NOT__**-- the subject. No NVidia vs ATi Arch support debate. Arch WILL NOT HANDLE the good card (currently nvidia gtx660). It will just hand it to the VM (windows) via VGA passthrough (either Xen or KVM will be used). Is that impossible to do with my NVidia? If it is

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Jesse Jaara
la, 2014-05-03 kello 19:41 +0300, Dimitris Zervas kirjoitti: I've tried several months ago to go with Xen GPU passthrough but failed (I did not have much time). Just to make sure, you do have a system (CPU + Motherboard) that supports IOMMU virtualization, don't you? Sadly I do not have any

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Temlin Olivér
It will just hand it to the VM (windows) via VGA passthrough (either Xen or KVM will be used). Is that impossible to do with my NVidia? If it is possible, is it easier with the ATi equivalent? It was already answered. You would be handing the PCI device over to windows (since you have another

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Dimitris Zervas
On May 4, 2014 3:55 PM, Jesse Jaara jesse.ja...@gmail.com wrote: la, 2014-05-03 kello 19:41 +0300, Dimitris Zervas kirjoitti: I've tried several months ago to go with Xen GPU passthrough but failed (I did not have much time). Just to make sure, you do have a system (CPU + Motherboard) that

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Dimitris Zervas
On May 4, 2014 4:27 PM, Temlin Olivér tem...@gmail.com wrote: It will just hand it to the VM (windows) via VGA passthrough (either Xen or KVM will be used). Is that impossible to do with my NVidia? If it is possible, is it easier with the ATi equivalent? It was already answered. You

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-04 Thread Sean Greenslade
On Sun, May 04, 2014 at 05:53:21PM +0300, Dimitris Zervas wrote: On May 4, 2014 4:27 PM, Temlin Olivér tem...@gmail.com wrote: It will just hand it to the VM (windows) via VGA passthrough (either Xen or KVM will be used). Is that impossible to do with my NVidia? If it is possible,

[arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-03 Thread Dimitris Zervas
Hello fellow archers, I have an ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCU II 2GB and 2 monitors. I love gaming (battlefield and dayz for now, but several game generally, which are not wine-compatible and won't ever be. DirectX 11 and sh*t.) and I want to be able to play on my Arch (dual boot is NOT a solution for

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-03 Thread Ryan Capote
AMD cards are not very well supported under Arch. I use an AMD card and have to use Vi0l0's unofficial repository for the latest catalyst drivers, as they are not available from the official repository. Occasionally an update will break the driver and I have to recompile the kernel module. Other

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-03 Thread Laurent Carlier
Le samedi 3 mai 2014, 10:35:24 Ryan Capote a écrit : AMD cards are not very well supported under Arch. I use an AMD card and have to use Vi0l0's unofficial repository for the latest catalyst drivers, as they are not available from the official repository. Occasionally an update will break the

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-03 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sat, 2014-05-03 at 10:35 -0700, Ryan Capote wrote: AMD cards are not very well supported under Arch. The proprietary driver isn't well supported by ATI, it's not an Arch issue. The answer to the question in the subject is, no, if you need the proprietary driver you will notice that someday

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-03 Thread Dimitris Zervas
I am not speaking about native linux gaming. Mesa is NOT enough at all. propriety is needed. But that's not the subject. I am speaking about GPU passthrough. Is ATi better supported by Xen or KVM passthrough than nvidia. On May 3, 2014 8:49 PM, Laurent Carlier lordhea...@gmail.com wrote: Le

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-03 Thread Dimitris Zervas
On May 3, 2014 8:57 PM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@rocketmail.com wrote: On Sat, 2014-05-03 at 10:35 -0700, Ryan Capote wrote: AMD cards are not very well supported under Arch. The proprietary driver isn't well supported by ATI, it's not an Arch issue. The answer to the question in the

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-03 Thread Simon Brand
Am 03.05.2014 22:09, schrieb Nowaker: I am speaking about GPU passthrough. Is ATi better supported by Xen or KVM passthrough than nvidia. I do not think it makes a difference, if nvidia or amd/ati is passed through, but dont know it for sure. There is a thread in the forum:

Re: [arch-general] Is ATI more... compatible?

2014-05-03 Thread Dimitris Zervas
On May 3, 2014 11:17 PM, Simon Brand simon.br...@postadigitale.de wrote: Am 03.05.2014 22:09, schrieb Nowaker: I am speaking about GPU passthrough. Is ATi better supported by Xen or KVM passthrough than nvidia. I do not think it makes a difference, if nvidia or amd/ati is passed