I don't feel the need to attack the op, he has issues with the drivers, and that's legitimate. We'd all like for OSS drivers to be more advanced, and it's not always very easy to get the latest version of the stack updated, especially for less experienced users.
The main thing still remains what is important to you. In my opinion, AMD is doing the right thing -- funding open source drivers and releasing documentation. Regardless of how many FPS they get, Nvidia is doing the wrong thing.
I am impressed with how far the radeon OSS drivers have come in the last year. OpenGL3 is long in coming, and there are minor glitches with powersaving from time to time, but using the FLOSS drivers is simply a joy. Everything works, everything is integrated with the rest of my system, everything is smooth the way it has never been for me in 6 years of nvidia. For this, I am thankful. This is more important than emulating Direct3d and running Windows games off your NTFS partition.
When the main criticism boils down to FPS and not being able to run windows binary games using windows 3d API on windows drivers running LINUX, then you know that AMD is doing lots of things right. Personally, I run two composited desktops on a low-budget multi-seat HD4550/HD4350 combination, with an external LCD TV for watching HD movies, and I play the occasional native 3d game, with complete powersaving, either dynamic or using profiles. While pure performance could be improved, the experience is near perfect. Kudos to the developers, both AMD ones, and community ones.
I'm not getting an Nvidia card until they release specs and support open source. AMD has bitten the bullet and gone the hard (but right) way. They will have my support for that.
The main thing still remains what is important to you. In my opinion, AMD is doing the right thing -- funding open source drivers and releasing documentation. Regardless of how many FPS they get, Nvidia is doing the wrong thing.
I am impressed with how far the radeon OSS drivers have come in the last year. OpenGL3 is long in coming, and there are minor glitches with powersaving from time to time, but using the FLOSS drivers is simply a joy. Everything works, everything is integrated with the rest of my system, everything is smooth the way it has never been for me in 6 years of nvidia. For this, I am thankful. This is more important than emulating Direct3d and running Windows games off your NTFS partition.
When the main criticism boils down to FPS and not being able to run windows binary games using windows 3d API on windows drivers running LINUX, then you know that AMD is doing lots of things right. Personally, I run two composited desktops on a low-budget multi-seat HD4550/HD4350 combination, with an external LCD TV for watching HD movies, and I play the occasional native 3d game, with complete powersaving, either dynamic or using profiles. While pure performance could be improved, the experience is near perfect. Kudos to the developers, both AMD ones, and community ones.
I'm not getting an Nvidia card until they release specs and support open source. AMD has bitten the bullet and gone the hard (but right) way. They will have my support for that.
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