[mythtv-users] ATI vs NVidia card conclusion

Kevin Hulse jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Jul 3 00:37:36 UTC 2007


On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 06:48:11PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Michelle Dupuis writes:
> 
> >Here's an ATI press release from 1999 touting their commitment to open 
> >source.  Hmmm....seven years later still nothing. 
> 
> Yes, I remember that ATI had the best Linux support back then.

	You're joking...

	ATI support has never been particularly interesting. Occasionally it has
been downright awful. Back in '99 I think there were still ati hate-sites up out
of spite for their level of driver support.

> 
> ??? But then a lot can happen in eight years. It's not a big secret that 
> ATI's current Linux support is utter crap. Your problems were unfortunate, 
> but a brief Google search would've let you know that right away.

	ATI binary drivers do well enough for our purposes here.


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list