X.Org 7.2: ATI Open v. Closed Drivers
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| With respect for the differences between the X300 and X800, the
| results had not changed much. The ATI/AMD fglrx driver continues to
| lead in the frame-rate performance over the open-source Radeon
| driver. In Enemy Territory the fglrx driver was over twice as
| fast, while in Unreal Tournament 2004 the performance difference
| for the fglrx driver spiked at 460% faster.
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| While these fglrx drivers are faster for gamers, the open-source
| drivers continue to boast the advantages of desktop effects
| support (AIGLX), inclusion with a majority of recent
| distributions, and simply the fact that the drivers are
| open-source.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=639&num=1
Related:
Coming Soon: Catalyst Control Center - Linux Edition
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| Well, I have to bring you an exciting news: Catalyst Control
| Center - Linux Edition is coming soon. The Windows version of
| it has been redone and a Linux version of it is coming soon.
| Maybe in february, maybe later this year.
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http://www.phoronix.net/forums/showthread.php?t=926
Nouveau: glxgears on NV4x
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| The exciting announcement, however, is word that the 3D driver is
| functioning with NV4x hardware and glxgears is now running. However,
| glxgears still has issues with pre-NV4x hardware. With glxgears now
| reported to function on NV4x hardware with Nouveau, we could not
| help but to try this. We had built everything from git on January
| 28, 2006, and yes, glxgears was running! The GPU was a NVIDIA
| GeForce 6150 and the Linux distribution used was Fedora Core 6.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=634&num=1
First Open Graphics board appears
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| This project is on the basis that a GPU should not end up with
| tons of propriatary software or hardware, containing hidden
| problems that aren't mentioned to the press, and yet cause
| nervous breakdowns for developers worldwide.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36761
Interview: Timothy Miller, Open Graphics Project
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| The OGP grew rapidly after I first started it, and it's continued to
| grow gradually since then. Now, we have Traversal Technology and also
| the Open Hardware Foundation that's dedicated to the non-profit,
| community, and democratic aspects of the project. Our mailing list has
| over 500 members, including well-known Linux kernel hackers, 3D graphics
| experts, college professors, representatives of many other open
| source projects, hardware designers, and people who want to become
| hardware designers.
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http://linuxgazette.net/130/ruecker.html
XGI Technology Drivers Revisited
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| It has been one year to the day since XGI Technology had last released
| a Volari Linux display driver and about 14 months since we had
| first delivered word of XGI considering open-source 3D display drivers.
| Where do things now stand for XGI Technology? We will tell you all
| of the details today where things are for this Taiwan graphics company.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=619&num=1
Nouveau: A First Look
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| So when will the Nouveau driver be ready? The Wiki states that the
| project should be mostly usable in autumn 2007. Keith Packard had
| previously expressed hope that the driver would be ready in time
| for the X.Org 7.3 release.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=614&num=1
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