[arch-general] New 64 bit computer

[Ricardo Hernandez]

David, indeed old ati card are well supported, new ati card are almost no
supported.

2009/6/17 David Rosenstrauch <darose at darose.net>

> 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 )
>>>
>>>
>


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Ricardo Hernández ( richerVE )