[mythtv-users] AMD/ATI graphics card questions

PlainFaceBoy plainfaceboy at hotmail.com
Thu Apr 9 18:11:07 UTC 2015


>This is my first attempt at using an AMD/ATI graphics card with Mythtv
>(Mythbuntu 14.04).  I've always used NVIDIA before this but had some
>extra hardware that I wanted to try.  I've got an AMD/ATI Radeon HD 7570
>with HDMI out.  What is considered the best driver for this card in
>combination with Mythtv?  The open source driver or the fglrx driver or
>something else?  What playback profile should go along with the driver
>from the previous question?
>
I tried the open and proprietary drivers and both worked fine for me with 
Mythtv.
I had other problems related to cloned screens that the open drivers 
couldn't manage, and also found the open drivers performance worse, and not 
good enough for other things etc.

>Currently I have the fglrx driver running but have some issues.

Have a look at my post at 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/583913?search_string=radeon%20cloned;#583913 
in case your issue with the menus is the same....



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