I wonder whether they improved the OpenCL compiler for the 7970. To sad I removed it from my system yesterday and will have to wait till Monday with testing.
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That driver is a good example of a very bad fglrx driver. Compared to 12-6 beta there was 0 difference:
a) same pci ids
b) no kernel 3.4+ support
c) crashes with debian xserver 1.12
So what on earth was fixed? Definitely nothing that i test...
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BTW, ATi have had crap drivers under WinNT kernels for years too, what their excuse there too? (rhetorical, I don't actually care - I just want a product that works for ~1.5 year before it goes in the bin and I get the next shinny one, particularly GPU's)[/QUOTE]
I've never had problems with ati drivers under windows, I've got a 6950 working great on my gaming desktop. I remember when I ran vista I switched to an ati x1950 because nvidia's drivers were giving me so much problems.
On the linux sides I've definitely had bugginess with catalyst. The OSS drivers were quite stable for me, but performance isn't quite there yet (but its decent for basic usage/compositing) and power management is a joke, which is the main issue with them right now IMO. If the OSS ati drivers had decent power management, I would have gladly kept using linux with ati, but I was forced to get a new laptop with intel graphics to get halfway decent battery life and temps. I will be sticking with intel for the foreseeable future, they seem to be the only ones that PROPERLY support linux with good official oss drivers (atom excluded).
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Originally posted by Kano View PostThat driver is a good example of a very bad fglrx driver. Compared to 12-6 beta there was 0 difference:
a) same pci ids
b) no kernel 3.4+ support
c) crashes with debian xserver 1.12
So what on earth was fixed? Definitely nothing that i test...
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Originally posted by Detructor View Postwhen? I'm using ATI/AMD cards and drivers since 2003 and their stuff always worked (aside from that one card that decided it would be a wise decision to stop spinning the fan)Originally posted by bwat47 View PostI've never had problems with ati drivers under windows, I've got a 6950 working great on my gaming desktop. I remember when I ran vista I switched to an ati x1950 because nvidia's drivers were giving me so much problems.
let me try to translate it for you:
Michael Beylich wrote:
> I can't install the ATI Rage 128 at my NT-Machine. Are there some tricks? I can try what I want, the machine won't go above 60 Hz at 800x600.
Hi !
Do you have a network card installed -- maybe with a realtek chip?
There are many problems...
If you got such a card write to me:
[email removed]
But @Altix ATi != AMD. All in all it seems like the driver(s) improved since AMD bought ATi.
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