[arch-general] New 64 bit computer

[David Rosenstrauch]

Are you referring to old ATI cards?  Or new ones?

Dunno ... I've used a number of ATI cards, and haven't had problems. 
I'm currently using a laptop with a ATI Mobility Radeon 9000, and a 
desktop/server with a ATI Radeon 9200 SE - both without incident.

DR

Dwight Schauer wrote:
> I have to agree, ATI is big no no if you want a decent workstation
> setup. I've tried a whole lot to use ATI instead of Nvidia but it just
> never pans out. I've wasted a lot of money and a whole lot of time on
> ATI cards and just end up ripping the card out and putting in an
> Nvidia one. I don't even use my computers for gaming, that is not the
> issue at all with the video card. I just want something stable that
> just works. I've researched what to buy as far as what is well
> supported, tried both the free radeon and radeonhd drivers, and tried
> the proprietery fglrx ones many times and really tried to come up with
> working solutions. If you don't need X, than an ATI card will be fine.
> Going Nvidia might not be the most "idealistic" route, but it is by
> far the least amount of hassle in my opinion.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Ricardo Hernandez<ricardoh26 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ATI noooooo!!! hehe. As commented above i'm almost 100% sure you'll have
>> troubles. At least in my case, ATI 4850, i cannot use X at all. ATI has no
>> support for kernel 2.6.29 yet and arch have a patch for that but it does not
>> work for some card, for example my card. Xorg didn't recognize mi card even
>> with the fglrx driver.
>>
>> Sooo...my recomendation, again as above, buy nvidia. I read you don't like
>> nvidia but is a more serious company at least in support and driver updates.
>>
>> I sell mi ati card and buy a XFX 9800 GT. Is a little less power but it
>> works a lot better and have no problem.
>>
>> However if you don't mind 3d acceleration for the moment, the radeonhd
>> drivers is a good alternative, and it seems that in kernel 2.6.31 i'll have
>> KMS support.
>>
>> --
>> Ricardo Hernández ( richerVE )
>>