ATI amd64 drivers in december...

zinion · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 11:02 pm Post subject:

They will only take notice of dollars (and euros and punds and ...)

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jyxent · n00b Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 15

I would move over to 64-bit in a heartbeat if they released their drivers for AMD64 next month. I have a Emachines M6809. I've been thinking hard about it anyways, considering the poor performance & lack of support for xorg 6.8. I guess I should've done more research before buying my laptop. Oh well, hopefully I'll get support for 64-bit someday.

Jordan

Galahad · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 126

ATI has never cared much about drivers, be it windows or linux. With linux they only suck a little more.

Everybody who uses linux and buys a ATI card should be shot :twisted:

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Mythos · l33t Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 953 Location: Portugal

http://r300.sourceforge.net

it's a start
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Wampas · n00b Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 48

AnXa · Apprentice Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Posts: 250

Only in your dreams...

Get nVidia and you get everything and every game wokring out with outstanding speed. If may cost you some, but we all know that good and cheap doesn't exist.
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malloc · l33t Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762

I'm asking this question on behalf of a friend dumb enough to have bought a laptop with an ati card.
He uses the "ati" drivers from xorg 6.8.0 meaning (i think) he won't have any 3d accel. Will there be a big difference on dvd/movie viewing without it??

PS: Don't be dumb like my mate, buy NVidia

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Ijo · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 68

I've got an ATI RV350 [Radeon 9600], and currently suffering the issue of not allowed to move to xorg 6.8 (ati drivers problem). I don't like being under a vendor without commitment.

From this and other messages in the forum looks like nvidia has better support and commitment with the linux community.

I'm looking after the new GeForce 6600 GT AGP8X to run with my Pentium 4 and Linux 2.6.9 + hopefully xorg 6.8.

I've never had nvidia and would like to know if they are good, stable, drivers are updated regulary, etc etc

Thanks in advance

wazoo42 · Apprentice Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 165

I don't suppose this is quite the answer you are looking for, but my first thought is: nvidia sure is a hell of a lot better on all of those fronts than ati when it comes to linux. As for whether or not they are good, I think that is fairly subjective, but they do release new linux drivers every 2-3 months. They also have previous experience going for them as far as amd64 is concerned (seeing as you mention a p4 I don't suppose this matters a whole lot to you).

infirit · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 10:14 am Post subject:

Ijo · n00b Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 68

Thanks for your answer,

Mythos · l33t Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 953 Location: Portugal

So ... we are at December ... Where are those drivers for amd64 :evil:

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dangertools · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 3:48 pm Post subject:

perhaps we'll get them at X-mas. Such a gift would be nice even if i don't believe in that Santa ATI

babo · Guru Joined: 10 Aug 2004 Posts: 477 Location: Ljubljana

Hehe, well they said december, but did they mention the year?

PC_Freak · n00b Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 63

jyxent · n00b Joined: 16 Dec 2002 Posts: 15

I decided to move to 64-bit gentoo anyways. Working pretty nice so far. Hopefully ati will release 64-bit drivers soon.

Jordan

drakos7 · Posted: Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:49 pm Post subject:

still holding my breath ...

racoontje · Veteran Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 1290

I've seen crappy performance, no Xorg6.8, and promises. Why shouldn't I go for a competitor. Don't give me that stability>performance crap, nvidia has both already...

n3x · Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 1:18 am Post subject:

Yeah I'm about ready to grab myself an nvidia card off of ebay. If I don't have ati drivers come the new year it's over. I'll stick the card in my windows box (it runs reaaaally nicely in windows) and buy myself a nice nvidia card. Gah.

I'll also NEVER buy an ati card EVER again.

Cheers,
james

gaz · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 12 Oct 2002 Posts: 126

this is the only thing im waiting for before moving over fully to gentoo x86_64, providing cedega has good WoW support

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Brain Fury · Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:12 pm Post subject:

and the reason I don'T switch to nvidia is simply because my ati card is in a laptop

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zinion · Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2004 10:32 am Post subject:

Mythos · l33t Joined: 02 May 2004 Posts: 953 Location: Portugal

Well ten days have pasted, and i am not emerge ati-driver for amd64 !!!

Well maybe santa claus, will climb my house and get into chimney, and the next day i will wake up with ati-drivers for amd64 (POSIX system).

Well i hope at 25, 2004 ... but the past a told me, that ati-drivers will be release in 2005 and bugy as hell!
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