On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 10:30, Robin Laing wrote: > I purchased a new computer and spec'd an ATI 9600 Pro after seeing > drivers on ATI's site. After getting the computer, I fought for three > weeks trying to get 3D to work. In frustration, I purchased a Nvidia > card and installed their drivers. Working and playing games with no > problems. I may sound like a parrot, but I second this. I have an ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 and it works well with the Open Source DRI drivers. However, it does have problems with some 3D games and produces totally useless screens. I also have an NVidia GeForce 3 Ti 500 and use the official NVidia drivers. The card is very fast and handles anything I have thrown at it. I do wish the drivers were open. However, I am glad that NVidia uses a unified driver so I have the same features under Linux that I would have if I used the card under MS Windows. ATI's binary drivers do not work as well under Linux as they do under MS Windows IMO, and the Open Source ones do not support certain features or newer cards. If you don't care about playing some newer games or use demanding OpenGL apps, the Radeon 9200 with the Open Source DRI drivers will work very well IMO. The Open Source drivers for my Radeon Mobility 7500 played Enemy Territory without a single problem with very good FPS. I watch tons of DVDs without a problem. Though for games like Americas Army, I just use my desktop with the NVidia card over my laptop. > -- > Robin Laing Jim Drabb -- --------------------------------------------------------- The box said: "Requires Windows 98/2000/NT/XP or better." So, I installed LINUX! --------------------------------------------------------- James Drabb JR Senior Programmer Analyst Davenport, FL USA
