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Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostnVidia's blob is better than ATi's blob.
I don't think that anyone is seriously debating this.
Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostBut we should at least be honest and not spread total bullshit. When people intentionally lie because of fanboyism, that doesn't help anybody.
Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostATi's blob does powersaving just fine. It does 3D just fine (VERY performant!).
Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostIt is not very good at Xv and 2D in general, and not as stable as nVidia's blob. But many people are running it just fine.
And here we have more caveats.
Originally posted by pingufunkybeat View PostIt's a matter of being a nuissance sometimes, not a matter of not having friggin powersaving -- what a pile of FUD that one was!
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Originally posted by mugginz View PostCan you read the first post?
For demanding games binaries have more sense, but people are begin to play HON, nexuiz... with open source. So, sorry, i don't see the discussion an exclusive fglrx vs nvidia blob.
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Originally posted by Jimbo View PostWe are going off topic here, yes, dmrauss asked for demanding games, but he didnt' specify wine (in this case nvidia is obvious to me), and he asked too " I wondered if the scenario changed over the years"
For demanding games binaries have more sense, but people are begin to play HON, nexuiz... with open source. So, sorry, i don't see the discussion an exclusive fglrx vs nvidia blob.
Originally posted by dmrauss View PostHi! I've been researching for hardware to buy a new computer. As I only use Linux but never used any ATI graphic card and a friend of mine said a while ago the combination is by any means no good, I wondered if the scenario changed over the years. Searching on internet, found AMD website FAQ, which states that "ATI Proprietary Linux driver currently supports Radeon 8500 and later AGP or PCI Express graphics products" (http://ati.amd.com/products/catalyst/linux.html#2)
You, Linux users, owners of ATI cards, would you please tell if it's possible to do the combination Linux/ATI and still play performance demanding games (on wine and natively)?
I searched but couldn't find useful and **updated** material on internet. Most of material are from past 5 years!!
Thanks in advance,
Rauss.
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