I know about all the announcements, and I know that ATI is making great strides.
BUT, what we all care about is RIGHT NOW.
It wasn't that long ago that I couldn't play DVD's properly with fglrx (major refresh rate problems). That made me sell it and buy an NVIDIA.
I have an 8800GTS (G92) right now, but would like to support ATI for its linux efforts. However, I will not support them until they are equal or superior to NVIDIA. (be that with either the OSS or fglrx).
I (like most people here) am all for open source. It's great, will enable better interoperability with the kernel and xorg and GNU/Linux distros in general, but, at the end of the day, like most users, I will choose to install whichever driver is best on linux. (the OSS, or fglrx).
Most people aren't free software freaks enough to use an inferior driver just because it's open.
I'd like to know your thoughts. (esp. at high end, like support in games/DVDs of 4870 vs 9800* with current drivers )
BUT, what we all care about is RIGHT NOW.
It wasn't that long ago that I couldn't play DVD's properly with fglrx (major refresh rate problems). That made me sell it and buy an NVIDIA.
I have an 8800GTS (G92) right now, but would like to support ATI for its linux efforts. However, I will not support them until they are equal or superior to NVIDIA. (be that with either the OSS or fglrx).
I (like most people here) am all for open source. It's great, will enable better interoperability with the kernel and xorg and GNU/Linux distros in general, but, at the end of the day, like most users, I will choose to install whichever driver is best on linux. (the OSS, or fglrx).
Most people aren't free software freaks enough to use an inferior driver just because it's open.
I'd like to know your thoughts. (esp. at high end, like support in games/DVDs of 4870 vs 9800* with current drivers )
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