2009/8/4 <gilpel@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Joonas Sarajärvi wrote: > >> Nouveau is just for Nvidia hardware. The rough equivalent for ATI >> devices is the radeon driver. > >> RPM Fusion nonfree doesn't currently ship the proprietary >> Catalyst/fglrx driver for Fedora 11 > > So, Radeon is free, Catalyst/fglrx non-free? > >> because it is incompatible with >> Linux 2.6.29 and newer, and F11 uses a kernel based on the 2.6.29 >> series. So if you want to use this driver, the only Fedora option is >> really Fedora 10, until AMD updates the driver to support a newer >> Linux. > > Ok, so that's why, when I bought my computer and I said I would use Linux, > the salesman suggested I buy an Nvidia card. > > I've installed Compiz, but are there other uses for 3D ? If not, if one > doesn't care about Compiz, I understand that Frank Cox says he had no > problem whatsoever with his ATI cards. > I have one of those RV770 unsupported cards, and I used to get reasonable 3D support in F10 (as the older kernel was supported and the free drivers were not upto the mark then). Now with F11 I don't have 3D support as I have to use the free drivers (they are much more usable compared to F10), and I _do_ get very reasonable 2D support. Playing hi-defn (formats like .mkv or .ts) video can be a bit CPU intensive. And sometimes fullscreen flash videos also render very jerky, (youtube plays just fine tho) Overall I would say the 2D support is very reasonable. If you buy an older generation ATI (RV 500 or below) you should be good to go. GL -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
