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| From | anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware, alt.os.linux.debian |
| Subject | Re: free software + OpenCL: supported hardware? |
| Date | 2012-07-14 12:05 +0000 |
| Organization | Institut fuer Computersprachen, Technische Universitaet Wien |
| Message-ID | <2012Jul14.140524@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at> (permalink) |
| References | <8639515fk2.fsf@gray.siamics.net> <ge2dnekIqvdiLJ3NnZ2dnUVZ_gednZ2d@westnet.com.au> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
joe <joe@home.com> writes: >I would steer well clear anything that has ATI/AMD graphics, these will >cause grief, the drivers are crap and so is the hardware on linux. In my experience the free drivers for ATI cards are far superior to the free drivers for Nvidia cards (reportedly Nouveau is getting there, but that's too recent for my experience). I have used Radeon Cards on Linux on my PC since the Radeon 9600, which I bought almost ten years ago (then 9250, X800, X1650, 4670 and now 5770). No grief for me, but for some chips 3D acceleration was not available on the Debian track I used (mostly stable, sometimes testing) when I bought the card. As for grief, a collegue got a PowerBook in 2004, which had an Nvidia chip. He never could get that Laptop to display on an external screen with Linux. In contrast, I got an iBook (with a Mobile Radeon 9200) at about the same time, and although it was quite a bit of work, I got it to display on an external screen. Another example, we got Zotac Ion-based X-Terminals a few years ago, which have Nvidia graphics. The nv driver does not work for 2560x1600, so we had to go for the proprietary nvidia driver. - anton -- M. Anton Ertl Some things have to be seen to be believed anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at Most things have to be believed to be seen http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/home.html
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