ATI Radeon : what works on Ubuntu ?

[ulrich steffens]

Am Freitag, den 24.02.2006, 06:49 +0100 schrieb Vincent Trouilliez:
> Hi gang,
> 
> I intend to buy an old-ish ATI Radeon (generic) card, and would like
> your experiences/knowledge on what works on Ubuntu.
> 
> I have selected 4 models, according to my budget, objectives, and what
> my supplier has in stock. In order of price :
> 
> 1) Radeon 7000 32MB
> 2) Radeon 7000 64MB
> 3) Radeon 9200SE 128MB
> 4) Radeon 9250 128MB DDR 64 bit
> 
> I searched in Synaptic (I am on Dapper) for "radeon", and from what I
> see, the situation is:
> 
> - a binary/proprietary driver that handles the 9200 and 9250 but not the
> 7000
> - an open source Xorg driver that works with any Radeon model, and which
> does support 3D H/W acceleration
> 
damn evolution, my mail got send before i finished (damn Ctrl + Enter :)
had to add:

so good luck :)

ulrich