[plug] ATI Linux 3d Support (or: ATI vs NVidia)

[Ben Jensz]

I got my Radeon 9700 Pro going with Red Hat 8.0 a couple of months ago 
fine.  I got it to work properly (i.e all resolutions and refresh rates 
my monitor can handle) after downloading ATi's linux drivers.

I never tried it running any games, apart from Tux racer.


/ Ben

Trevor Phillips wrote:

>Does anyone know the current state of 3D support for Linux as concerns the 
>newer ATI graphics cards? Last I looked into this, NVidia's drivers, although 
>being binary only, gave comparable performance to Windows, and so were the 3D 
>performance choice for Linux users...
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>Basically, if I wanted to play, say, UT2k3 under Linux, would an ATI Radeon be 
>a smart choice, or is NVidia still the Linux performance (and support) king?
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>And on a related tangent, how good is ATI 2d and feature support and 
>performance under Linux, compared to NVidia?
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>Thanks...
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