AMD's R300 Gallium3D Driver Enables VDPAU Again

[Cyber Killer]

He was talking about Intel CPU-integrated graphics and GMA 4500HD is on-board and it's a lot older and slower than Intel HD2000/3000. E.g here is comparison of Radeon X1950 Pro with Intel HD3000:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/co...=1764&cmp[]=26

OK, so we need some other benchmark. That link still is a rating number from a whatever-mark type of tool, not raw fps from e.g. a quake timedemo.

[curaga]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=massive_linux_gpus&num=7

Older benches like OA, Prey, r500 cards beat Haswell easily, mainly due to faster (& more) VRAM. Newer benches Haswell leads, more shader power.

[Cyber Killer]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...nux_gpus&num=7

Older benches like OA, Prey, r500 cards beat Haswell easily, mainly due to faster (& more) VRAM. Newer benches Haswell leads, more shader power.

Thx, that basically confirms what I was saying :-). My conclusion is that even those older GPUs are perfectly fine for normal desktop usage even with some desktop effects.

[_SXX_]

My conclusion is that even those older GPUs are perfectly fine for normal desktop usage even with some desktop effects.

One day I even run Nvidia Vanta (1999) in 2012 on Debian Lenny with proprietary drivers and transparency was working.
Though other hardware was like from 2001-2002, but that doesn't change the fact...

[brosis]

This is why there is no nvidia for me Proud samsung r60/FS Xi 1554/hd4650mobility owner.

[CheetoPet]

Meh

Still rocking an R500 daily. It's not like vi & xterm need much GPU, I'll upgrade when the machine stops booting. =)

[ 48930.898] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon X1400" (ChipID = 0x7145)