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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] ATI question
From:       Roger Oberholtzer <roger () opq ! se>
Date:       2009-05-07 5:36:29
Message-ID: 1241674589.20126.8.camel () acme ! pacific
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On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 19:18 -0700, Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 07:11:37PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> > 
> > 	The ATI middle-finger to its older card holders will probably be looked at as
> > one of the biggest setbacks for Linux's migration to a mainstream desktop
> > alternative for the next several years. Just stop and think for a moment of the
> > sheer number of users that are left without a realistic migration path to an X
> > desktop now. This is especially acute since the new desktops like KDE4, etc.
> > rely on advanced card capabilities....
> > 
> > 	What on earth could cause ATI to just drop all support for a majority of its
> > cardholders??... I wonder... Ah, screw it, I don't care anymore, I've already
> > made the change to buying NVidia exclusively and my ATI cards will filter their
> > way out of my systems once and for all in the near future ;-)
> 
> I was just going to propose that you and Roger give ATI the big middle
> finger and buy NVIDIA. NVIDIA are still supporting some darn crufty cards
> with their legacy drivers.

I have always used Nvidia when I have a choice. In the computer in
question, it came with an ATI card (FireGL V3300). So I thought I would
see how it worked. Can't say I am impressed with support. I guess I will
be switching to Nvidia.

I wonder how far back Nvidia support goes? I recall a legacy driver that
kept support for older cards at some level. Of course, that means that
the cards were at least still supported at a level equivalent to when
they were purchased. ATI, OTOH, simply dropped their 'older' cards
altogether.

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