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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] [offtopic] is it worth changing from Nvidia to Radeon
From:       Billie Walsh <bilwalsh () swbell ! net>
Date:       2017-02-13 22:57:56
Message-ID: fb0b1aa8-e541-1935-7648-341313ef81e4 () swbell ! net
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On 02/13/2017 04:04 PM, huw wrote:
> On Monday, 13 February 2017 06:09:08 GMT Billie Walsh wrote:
> 
> > My HP AMD quad core multimedia laptop has a better than average radeon
> > graphics built in. In Kubuntu 16.04 the graphics drivers suck big time.
> > There are, at least near as I can find, no Catalyst drivers available.
> > Only the crappy ones built in.
> Catalyst has been deprecated for over a year.  Mesa is doing rather well lately, \
> and is perfectly capable of running (for example) AAA games with high graphics \
> settings; why do you say it "sucks"? 
> Finally, this is an openSUSE mailing list so your experiences with Kubuntu aren't \
> necessarily relevant. 
> Regards,
> Huw

We are both using KDE with Plasma. I suppose it is possible that 
OpenSuse has added different drivers to KDE than what Kubuntu uses.

The drivers included in KDE/Plasma barely make the graphics work. It's 
really kind of hard to explain. When switching from one window to 
another sometimes the new window opens completely and other times it 
only partially opens. Parts of the old window still show. It's just a 
total mess. In 14.04 and Catalyst the graphics are fantastic.


-- 
Fast is fine, but accuracy is final.
You must learn to be slow in a hurry.
-Wyatt Earp-

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