[ale] ATI closed source graphics drivers

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Dow Hurst wrote:
> Do the ATI driver work as well as the Nvidia one?

I've not used the Nvidia driver, but based on the experiences I've seen 
folks post regarding the Nvidia driver and my experiences with the ATI 
drive, I would say no.  I went back to the free driver because I didn't 
see any gain in using the ATI driver.

I don't have an ATI
> based machine to try on.  It would sure make choosing a laptop easier 
> for me or recommending one for others.  I just need to be able to 
> recommend hardware accelerated OpenGL based performance on a laptop but 
> don't want a 10lb monster.

My sony viao has an ati chipset and it supports acceleration.  Then 
again, it's the largest (heaviest) laptop Emperor Linux was selling at 
the time, so it likely does not meet your criteria. :)

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Until later, Geoffrey