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List:       gentoo-user
Subject:    [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Do open drivers use different GPU abilities?
From:       Nikos Chantziaras <realnc () arcor ! de>
Date:       2011-11-06 22:47:43
Message-ID: j972qb$k24$1 () dough ! gmane ! org
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On 11/06/2011 06:45 PM, Grant wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if open-source video drivers like radeon use the
>>> different GPU's in different cards differently?  Maybe not and there
>>> is just a flat identical acceleration for all of the radeon cards?
>>
>> The GPUs are different, so yes, the driver needs to handle them differently.
>
> So some perform better than others even with the open-source drivers?

Yes.  Though the differences should not be as extreme as with the 
Catalyst driver, since the open drivers don't use the GPU very effectively.


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