Re: ATI Radeon vs nVidia 3D accelleration

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On Thursday 11 February 2010 10:08 PM, Don Quixote de la Mancha wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Suvayu Ali
> <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> On Thursday 11 February 2010 06:04 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
>>> AFAIK, the radeon driver doesn't support 3D acceleration for HD4*** family of
>>> cards. and that is probably the reason why tuxracer doesn't work. However, I
>>> don't know why glxinfo reports that direct rendering is active in this case.
>>
>> If the OP is on F12, he can try mesa-dri-drivers-experimental for 3D
>> support on a RV770.
>
> I'm happy to give it a try.
>
> However, I am still on F11.  I have been hesitant to upgrade, as
> everything - with the exception of 3D accelleration - has been working
> really well.
>
> Maybe it's just paranoia, but from watching this list, I have the
> sense that upgrading to F12 can break a lot of things.  Is that the
> case, or would I be OK to upgrade?

So far I have tried F12 only on LiveCDs with my RV770 or with a Thinkpad 
with Intel graphics, and I haven't found any significant problems. You 
can also try out F12 on a VM and see for yourself.

> Do Quixote.

GL
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