phoronix.com — "The fglrx 8.40 series will likely repeat the 8.20 series when it comes to the number of features. This, of course, aligns with all of the information we have been reporting for months now that later this year should be the most interesting time yet for the ATI/AMD Linux driver as there should be an onslaught of new things to come."
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mooniniteJul 29, 2007
What's missing from this dissection?Performance.I guess that's because the performance delta of the fglrx driver has remained the same for *3 years* now. Why is that bad? Because your X1900 under Linux is as fast as a Geforce FX5200. Seriously, how does AMD/ATI still have contracts with OEMs with a driver like this?
smacksawJul 30, 2007
The 2900 it pretty nice except it can't even handle HD video. Useless for my HTPC - 8600 here I come.
vuke69Jul 30, 2007
At least give them a little credit. I bet they could have it done in time for the Windows release of DNF if they really tried.
qiuuJul 30, 2007
I can't wait! I've been waiting a long time for that game!
jdongJul 30, 2007
Xgl's performance sucks, it's an unsupported codebase, and by default it opens up a public TCP port. Most ways of configuring Xgl also require deactivation of X11 MIT cookies, which further reduces the security of a X windows setup. I do a lot of the Xgl maintaining myself for Ubuntu's packages, and it's been a lot of work. The code is FAR from enlightening and should be totally obsolete now. The sooner we're done with it, the better.
wooteryJul 30, 2007
An Intel/nVidia monopoly would be bad for everyone - what needs to happen is for ATi to be shown that people won't put up with their godawful drivers any more.