Re: Radeon 9000 3D linux support? DRI experiences?

[NZG <ngustavson@emacinc.com>]

Indeed they do, however this is somewhat confusing, as if you visit their 
section on drivers for laptops it says:

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27

It may be that each 9000 chip gets hooked up a little differently.

Which makes me wonder about how flexible their 8500+ driver is, and if it's 
going to support OpenGL(or something equiv). Also I fear that since their 
driver was written for an earlier model, it may work, but probably isn't 
using the hardware acceleration the device actually provides.
They certainly don't seem real enthused about supporting the penguins.
The DRI stuff may have more man hours logged into this.

All of Acers support for their laptop is limited to Win XP.
http://support.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/portal.cfm?website=AcerPanAm.com&originwebsite=AcerPanAm.com&pupv=pu&formid=3394#results

Of course, I may just be being paranoid, and it's possible that ATI's stuff 
will work just fine, I just thought I'd poll the list to see if anyone had 
personal experience with this.

thx,
NZG

On Wednesday 02 March 2005 20:31, Tom Conder wrote:
> The Linux driver on ATI's website states that it supports Radeon 8500
> and higher.
> https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=3380
>
> Tom
>
> NZG wrote:
> >Hello,
> >Finally got my tax return, and I'm looking at picking up one of the Acer
> >laptops that are popping up on tigerdirect, newegg, and such.
> >
> >Their GPU's are integrated Radeon 9000's.
> >I went to ATI's website, but they don't seem to offer a Linux driver for
> > them.
> >
> >The DRI project claims to offer 3D acceleration for ATI chips up to the
> > 9250, integrating with Mesa.
> >
> >In the past, I have not had much luck with Mesa, but I haven't really
> > messed with it all that much.
> >
> >Has anyone else been down this road that might have any advice?
> >
> >thx,
> >NZG.
> >
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