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13th May 2007, 10:26 PM
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This is great news! I've been using ATI cards for a long time (started with a 4MB Xpert@Play in '97), and I've been satisfied with every one. Up until FC5 I had been using the xfree86/xorg free drivers, but I am currently using the ATI proprietary driver in FC6 for my Radeon 9250. The ATI driver is much faster than the xorg driver, so it'll be nice to have it open-sourced. Yay!! 
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13th May 2007, 10:30 PM
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Don't get too excited. It isn't done until the code is released.
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13th May 2007, 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JonC
It isn't done until the code is released.
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That's old Web 1.0 thinking. In the new Web 2.0 paradigm, things are done before they're done! 
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14th May 2007, 12:55 AM
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That's old Web 1.0 thinking. In the new Web 2.0 paradigm, things are done before they're done! |
You mean like Java being under GPL?
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14th May 2007, 12:58 AM
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Will this convince Nvidia to follow?
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14th May 2007, 01:07 AM
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Will this convince Nvidia to follow? |
That would be nice, though I still wouldn't buy an Nvidia card. But I'm sure they'll be feeling the heat now.
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14th May 2007, 02:51 AM
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Hey, if ATi goes open source, I'm ditching everything that says nVIDIA and SLi on it.
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14th May 2007, 04:24 AM
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I second that. I'm a big nVidia fan but heck - open source drivers AND folding, I'll be buying all ATI cards I can get.
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14th May 2007, 04:40 AM
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this might be all well an good but how good will there updates be , ATI's lack of updates now should prove that maybe they'll still lack of having updates for each kernel released , so im not jumping the gun yet an rushing out to buy a ATI, Nvidia will follow suite IMO
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14th May 2007, 04:56 AM
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I second that. I'm a big nVidia fan but heck - open source drivers AND folding, I'll be buying all ATI cards I can get.
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I tried to like nVidia, but the Riva TNT card in my work PC convinced me not to. I know they've made better cards, but that one left a bad taste in my mouth.
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14th May 2007, 04:58 AM
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You should really give them a second try - The machine I built earlier this year is the third nVidia card I use and I've got no complaints to date on any of the three.
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14th May 2007, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by RupertPupkin
I tried to like nVidia, but the Riva TNT card in my work PC convinced me not to. I know they've made better cards, but that one left a bad taste in my mouth.
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That card is almost a decade old! Certainly things have changed in 9 years...
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14th May 2007, 04:02 PM
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14th May 2007, 05:13 PM
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My 6200LE has done me rather well. I used to be an ATi fan before going over to Linux so next machine if they open source by then I'll get an ATi card instead. But nvidia has left a good impression on me though.
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