ATI Drivers

Roland0 · 18 Jun 2009 at 17:06

Hello peeps,

Whats the State of ATI Drivers for Linux? :confused:

I know they're fairly new, and I'm buying a new PC fairly soon and im likely to get an ATI 4870 1Gb. I'm not really going to be doing anything graphically intensive on linux (my card will be used in win32 for gaming) but I have noticed my GeForce 7050 (I know!) has been struggling with Compwiz Fusion, but I have a funny feeling that ATIs drivers are so bad they will bring my lovely 4870 down to a similar performance levels!

Somebody please tell me ATIs drivers arent THAT bad and I'm ok getting an ATI card.

Cheers peeps!

Roland0 · 18 Jun 2009 at 18:47

OK, so I take it that ATI are not very well liked by the Linux crowd, but their performance in source (on W32) is really good. Are you just being zealots, or is it really that bad?!!

Cheers guys!

Roland0 · 18 Jun 2009 at 20:59

Hmm i feel myself going over to the nVidia side, a real shame though, i like the ATIs performance in Source (W32) especially when price is considered. If i did get the Radeon I take it i would be having quite a bit of trouble, esp considering i would like to watch movies on my PC.

Roland0 · 18 Jun 2009 at 23:26

yashiro said:
Ati is worse for the most part. However, barring 1080p Blu ray rips my 4850 plays all movies without dropping frames when using XBMC. It uses way more CPU than my Nvidia but it works.

What about general compatibility, as in stuff like the next set of driver not workin, or having to go into xorg.conf to chaneg things around?

Ps what nVidia card are you comparing the 4850 to ?

Cheers!