The Truth About ATI/AMD & Linux @ Phoronix

Vikingod · Jun 1, 2007, 01:44 PM

Source: Phoronix
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It's no secret that ATI Technologies has had a rough time in the past delivering display drivers that met the expectations of their customers. When ATI started out producing a FireGL and Radeon Linux driver they for some time were greatly behind NVIDIA's feature-rich driver. The early ATI Linux drivers had lacked essential functionality such as PCI Express and x86_64 architecture support and was also effected by stability and performance problems -- not to mention a great deal of bugs. However, over time many of these issues have been worked out and ATI has dedicated more resources to the advancement of their Linux software, but that's not to say they have been sailing smoothly.

bug77 · Jun 1, 2007, 03:26 PM

That's good one: there's a lot of work involved and it takes time. Well, they had all the time in the world to work on CCC, didn't they?

As far as I can see, ATI is doing less of what people want (strong mid-range lineup, Linux support) and more what they think people need (CCC, Steam integration(???)).

Jun 1, 2007, 01:44 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	The Truth About ATI/AMD & Linux @ Phoronix Source: Phoronix ___________ It's no secret that ATI Technologies has had a rough time in the past delivering display drivers that met the expectations of their customers. When ATI started out producing a FireGL and Radeon Linux driver they for some time were greatly behind NVIDIA's feature-rich driver. The early ATI Linux drivers had lacked essential functionality such as PCI Express and x86_64 architecture support and was also effected by stability and performance problems -- not to mention a great deal of bugs. However, over time many of these issues have been worked out and ATI has dedicated more resources to the advancement of their Linux software, but that's not to say they have been sailing smoothly.

Jun 1, 2007, 03:26 PM	#2
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	That's good one: there's a lot of work involved and it takes time. Well, they had all the time in the world to work on CCC, didn't they? As far as I can see, ATI is doing less of what people want (strong mid-range lineup, Linux support) and more what they think people need (CCC, Steam integration(???)).