[plug] Bt868/829 support

[Andrew Howell]

I had lots of problems with my ATI AIW Radeon 8500 a while ago in
windows, they went through a perioid of some really bad drivers. The
current drivers are good though.

Under X it's fine with one exception, the xv extension doesn't work.

Andrew

On Tue, 2003-05-06 at 12:47, Jan Hurst wrote:
> > I've not seen a single problem with his - the video quality is 
> > disgustingly good (I don't just mean 3D render quality, I mean 2d 
> > sharpness and colour "depth" too - its just /nicer/) and its  a 
> > seriously high-performance card.
> 
> I know of many local hardware suppliers who HATE Radeons thanks to
> numerous drivers problems, awfully large numbers of returned parts and
> awful hassles with compatibility with various AGP chipsets.
> 
> The general consensus I've heard is STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM RADEON until
> they sort things out.
> 
> Of course there must be satisfied people with good working cards and
> happy AGP chipsets out there too ;)
> 
> -jan
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