[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.
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