From: Nicole Z. <co...@ws...> - 2001-07-27 20:51:06
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Use X4.1.0 and you will avoid many headaches. There are provided kernel modules that work for it or a patch if you are pre-2.4.6. If you would like to use an earlier version of X (e.g. 4.0.2/3), there are somewhat easy ways to get it done (but not as easy as 4.1.0). I am sure that I and many others can help you get it working (possibly even distro-specific help). My husband has a G400 and the Radeon outperforms it quite a bit on similar hardware even with the earlier maturity drivers (compared to the G400 drivers). I have not seen an nVidia card in linux, but I chose against one because of their binary kernel module "support". -nicole At 15:38 on Jul 27, Matt Koch combined all the right letters to say: > I've been looking to get a new video card, and I've been looking at the > Radeon 64meg DDR. I've heard lots of linux horror stories with it, and I > wanted to double check before commiting. The DRI page mentions Radeon > support, but nothing specific to the 64meg model. Any information? > > > _______________________________________________ > Dri-users mailing list > Dri...@li... > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-users > |