>From: Mike Branda <mike@wackyworld.tv>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Yet Another Hardware Recommendations Thread
>Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:53:39 -0500
>
>Every ATI card I have set up I have had to hack with the files. The way
>they do it is by configuring their own X***config file which messes up
>your previous settings. Yeah, I know you can hack the current conf and
>change the line to fglrx but it doesn't work as well as when you use all
>the options they throw in there. So you end up having to play with the
>two files, cutting and pasting and what not to get it right. This is of
>course to take advantage of the DRI and GL and such. The vesa driver
>does what the ATI one does just as good if you don't do take advantage
>of all that stuff. Baahh. I'll take the NVidia one any day. SuSE sets
>it up for you (YaST option) but I've used NVidia's installer to get the
>bleeding edge driver before. It's soooooo simple. It only asks like 3
>questions and away it goes. Then you can use sax2 or just change the
>driver line to "nvidia" and you're done with far better results than the
>ATI as far as GL and such are concerned. And NVidia's driver is in the
>same spot too. On their website! ;^)
>
>Actually, Since Paul is a Debian guy.... he can do the apt-get thing.
>
>http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/installation.html
>
>
>And here's an excerpt from the Debian ATI Howto that happens to be 8
>miles long.....
>
>snip
>
>The driver package provides an automatic configuration tool called
>fglrxconfig. Just don't use it, OK? fglrxconfig is useful if you want a
>dual-head setup, but before you try that please make sure that a
>single-head setup works by editing your X server configuration file as
>outlined below. Also note that fglrxconfig will overwrite your existing
>X server configuration file!
>
>Edit your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:
>
>/snip
>
>http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html
>
>
>Sorry if anybody gets bent over this. It's not intended that way. I'm
>basing my comments off of _actually_ using both card vendors multiple
>times. If you reply, Facts are good. Flames are bad as again, this is
>not intended to do that, but recap my experience for Paul.
>
>HTH!
>
>
>Mike Branda Jr.
>
fglrx is the proprietary ATI driver correct? What is the name of the open
source ATI driver (or are there several for the various chipsets)?
I have heard that the _open_ ATI driver gives better 3D performance than the
_open_ nVidia driver. Can anyone on the list attest to that? Obviously it
will depend on hardware but I'm curious to know which manufacturer is best
supported with open/Free drivers at this point. Also, is the open ATI driver
as easy to enable in xorg/xfree86 as the nv driver? Please pardon my
ignorance; I do not have much experience with ATI cards and Linux. Thanks.
-Jonathon
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