AW: [MPlayer-users] ati radeon 8500

[Florian Engelmann]

> hi,
>
>
> i'm thinking about upgrading my computer with a new graphics card.
>
>
> as i need 3d performance my only possibilities are either nvidia
> geforce 3/4 alebo ati 8500...
>
> i know that nvidia offers binary drivers for 2d ( xfree.. (xvideo)),
> and 3d ( opengl)..
>
>
> but i don't know about ati 8500... www.ati.com hjas simply no
> informatios
> about that...
>
> so, my questions are:
>
> 1. 2d: are there any ati8500 drivers for xfree that support xvideo etc?
> 2. 3d: are there any opengl drivers for ati8500?
>
>
> i know that this question is a bit off-topic but maybe not too much...
>
> thanks,
> gabor farkas
>
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the gforce chip is MUCH faster than the radeon...
the gforce driver is very fast (its from nvidia itself...) but the gforce
drivers are closed source
the ati drives are not developed by ati and they are open source...
take a look at www.xfree86.org to see about the drivers...
the tv-out signal of the ati card is better and its online at bootup - so u
can connect ur pc to ur tv an watch the kernel coming up ;)

if u want best performance take the nvidia - vidix is coming up...
if u want a flexible and good tv-out solutin witch is already supported by
vidix take the ati...

greetz engel