Re: [Dri-users] Best ATI supported AGP graphics card

[Arkadi S. <ar...@it...>]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 08:26:49PM -0500, Brandon Atkinson wrote:
> I can't speak for all ATI cards, since I've only owned 4, but I definitely lean toward the 7200, 7500 series of RADEON cards simply because they seem to be 'rock solid'.  These cards are some of the first (correct me if I'm wrong) Radeon cards to have DRI, and I have had no problems getting DRI to work since kernel 2.4.5.  
> I would also shy you away from using the 'ATI unified whatever' drivers due to the inadequate installer they provide.  If you have an older kernel, then the binaries that come pre-built will be there, but if you use 2.4.19+ then the installer might try to build a newer driver, and that is when I ran into some trouble (it just died...).  

Hmm, mine kernel modules compiles OK. Kernel 2.4.20, ati-drivers package
polished by Gentoo. But I see no problem compiling it myself.

> I have seen a lot of 8500s using DRI as well, and these are faster cards, so they may be a good bet as well.  

Comparing to ATI drivers, DRI lacks many critical extensions, periodically
lockups and performs slower on my Radeon8500.
Until the target person is developer or power users which have fun playing
with such things, I see no reason even _recommending_ it if the card is R200+.


arkadi.