[mythtv-users] ATI vs NVidia card conclusion

[Sam Varshavchik]

Mike Perkins writes:

> Jake Palmer wrote:
>> 
>> If you haven't tweaked anything, then you're using the open source driver.  
>> There's nothing wrong with that except you have no hardware acceleration.  
>> In other words it's fine for a basic workstation, but it's far from ideal 
>> for a HTPC.
>> 
> 
> Nope. I'm running Mandriva 2007.1, which picked out the "ati" driver 
> automatically on installation. Unlike 2007.0, which gave me a "vesa" 
> driver I had to spend some time replacing.

One of two possibilities:

1) Mandriva packages ATI's binary blobs in their distro.

2) Your ATI card is of an older variety that still carries 3D accel support 
in Mesa. Older ATI cards do have 3D support in free software X.org drivers.


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