Has anyone tried the new ATi Linux driver, version 8.14.13?

emperor ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Mon Jun 13 22:20:32 UTC 2005


Has anyone tested the
newer driver?  How was the install process?  Painful
or Painless?  I'm debating on getting a new card,.. Any comments or insights would
be greatly appreciated!
Thanx...
Ubence[/QUOTE Wrote: 
> 
> 
> 1. Don't buy an AIW series card as ATI does not support the TV card on
> linux and the GATOS project only has binaries for Xorg 6.7!
> 
> 2. Never got fglrx driver working right on Ubuntu Hoary but have not
> tried latest version from ATI website. fglrx did work fine in in FC3 on
> same machine. So, your mileage may vary!
> 
> 3. Performance under linux is reported to be better with Nvidia.


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