ATI has new Linux driver for download

[apoppin]

new ATI LINUX driver . . . THAT is NEWS.

NVIDIA HAS KICKED ATI hard with the quality of its Linux drivers and all of my Linux-friendly friends tell me how Nvidia is several light years ahead of ATI in Linux driver development. I heard some horrible stories from high end IT specialists, admins and programmers who told me that ATI's driver don't even have hardware cursor and that it's damn hard to install it. I actually tried it and it was a true nightmare.

But ATI is now releasing a new driver - mainly bug fixes and new product support but as we reported from Cyprus, it is doing something about its Linux driver line up.

The new driver will add support for FireGL V5100, V3200 and V3100, Mobility Radeon 9800 and X800, X600 and X300 - all PCIe versions.

It will add support for their Mobility Radeon 9000/9100 IGP Series as well and this fixes some of the problems. For example, 3Dgraph acceleration now works on KT400 boards, All in Wonder 8500DV has its 3D acceleration, and the ATI Radeon 9200 won't blink when you using DVI connector. X800 and FireFL X3 will be able to run more then a blank screen on X and some other stuff.

This driver still needs improvement but ATI said it will focus on that in the coming months. It takes a lot of time to make a good driver and we all know that by now. It made a great one for Windows so Linux is its next target

:shocked:

 

[jiffylube1024]

The question on everybody's mind: What does this do for the GeForce FX 5800Ultra ?????

😉

 

[gururu]

I wish everyone would just let Linux die already. Soon Windows will be in the majority of PCs.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: gururu
I wish everyone would just let Linux die already. Soon Windows will be in the majority of PCs.

I thought it already was. 😛

Linux is a great OS for some things, but gaming is just not one of them. Probably won't be for a long while either. 🙁

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: gururu
I wish everyone would just let Linux die already. Soon Windows will be in the majority of PCs.

I thought it already was. 😛

Linux is a great OS for some things, but gaming is just not one of them. Probably won't be for a long while either. 🙁

Gotta start somewhere . . . . at least ati FINALLY has a working Linux driver . . . . games are 'eventually. 😉

And it is good that there is an alternative to Win. 😛

 

[imported_obsidian]

Originally posted by: gururu
I wish everyone would just let Linux die already. Soon Windows will be in the majority of PCs.

This coming from a person I would be willing to bet has never even installed or used linux.

 

[Bateluer]

Has anyone used these drivers yet? Any word on new distros integrating them into it?

 

[imported_zenwhen]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: gururu
I wish everyone would just let Linux die already. Soon Windows will be in the majority of PCs.

I thought it already was. 😛

Linux is a great OS for some things, but gaming is just not one of them. Probably won't be for a long while either. 🙁

How so? You can't name a decent game that I can't play in linux with my 6800nu within 5% of the performance of doing so in Windows. Some games run even better in Linux than in Windows.

Also, these drivers just added new PCI-e support. They are still awful.

If you are going to run Linux and enjoy playing games, you are going to use Nvidia. I never thought I would use Nvidia until I switched over to Linux.

 

[PrayForDeath]

Does Linux support Direct X? If not, then why did you switch to Linux for gaming, Zenwhen, while most of the games are DX coded?

 

[natto fire]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I had a question pertaining to this. When I play a certain MMOG in Linux I noticed I only get about half the frame rate I do in Windoze. I am using the newest drivers, the card is a 9600XT. The game in question is OpenGL only, which I know ATIs aren't that great at to begin with. Is this normal? I was using FC2 but will be switching to Gentoo soon. Was wondering if other people were getting the same results for their windoze vs. Linux games?

Edit: to post above: Linux does not support DirectX, there are still a lot of really good OpenGL games. And oh the screensavers 🙂

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: zenwhen

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: gururu
I wish everyone would just let Linux die already. Soon Windows will be in the majority of PCs.

I thought it already was. 😛

Linux is a great OS for some things, but gaming is just not one of them. Probably won't be for a long while either. 🙁

How so? You can't name a decent game that I can't play in linux with my 6800nu within 5% of the performance of doing so in Windows. Some games run even better in Linux than in Windows.

Also, these drivers just added new PCI-e support. They are still awful.

If you are going to run Linux and enjoy playing games, you are going to use Nvidia. I never thought I would use Nvidia until I switched over to Linux.

Within 5% of the performance of windows? Sometimes better? Not according to Anand's article of linux vs. windows gaming. The differences in framerate were often 25%.