[arch-general] New 64 bit computer

[Dwight Schauer]

Both old and new ones. Most of the problems I've ran into are with
dual monitor setups that use compiz. I've so much wanted to go with
and opensource driver solution, but I've wasted too much time/money
researching trying. So no more. Maybe in a year of two the nouveau
drivers will have matured. Last I checked on my setups I still had
issues. If I was content with one monitor and no compiz, then an ATI
card "might" be alright using an opensource driver, as the proprietry
ones are too buggy in my opinion. But I've been been too much at this
proint by time/money wasted on trying to go the ATI route.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:22 AM, David Rosenstrauch<darose at darose.net> wrote:
> 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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