[mythtv-users] ATI vs NVidia card conclusion

[Jake Palmer]

>From: Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk>
>Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ATI vs NVidia card conclusion
>Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:09:53 +0100
>
>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.
>
>You may be right, it's not ideal, but this machine's main function isn't
>an HTPC, so I can live with it.
>
>Mike Perkins

That actually is the open source driver.  As I said it's fine for a basic 
workstation, but you don't get hardware accelerated video playback or 
opengl.  So basically you're using just a small portion of the card's 
capabilities.  And that's the reason why most people don't use ATI cards in 
Linux machines.  It's all about what you need, and for most MythTV users ATI 
doesn't provide what we need.

Jake

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