[mythtv-users] Done with ATI

[Paul Gardiner]

Goga wrote:
>>>> Stephen Shelton wrote:
>>>>> I'm done with ATI. The open source drivers look promising, but I'm not going to sit around waiting
>>>>> for them.
>>>> Are you referring to the radeon driver? Why the need
>>>> to wait? Do you have a very new card not yet supported?
>>> I actually have 3 ati cards:
>>>
>>> x1650
>>> hd3200 (onboard)
>>> hd4350
>>>
>>> All three handle 1080i just fine with fglrx except for screen tearing. None can quite cut it with
>>> either radeon / radeonhd.
>> Presumably you mean playing back 1080i content with a 1080p screen mode.
>> Apparently if you wish to use a 1080i screen mode (so that the TV does
>> the deinterlacing) then there's no chance with nVidia,
> 						^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> why do you think so ? 

Some experience of my own (but with an FX5200), and several threads
here reporting the problem with even modern cards and latest drivers.
Are you saying you've been able to make it work?

P.