OT about ATI cards Re: [MPlayer-users] Two graphicscards..

[Stefan Lange]

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>>does it work properly with xvideo output? what about vidix?
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> xvideo works great but xvidix doesn't work. It's just pink output :/
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both work just fine for me, except for one glitch: after I've used 
xvidix once, xv will only show a black box, which can only be fixed by a 
server-restart

this is with yesterday's cvs (has also been working before, though)
>>and i'm really interested in 3d.... now that ati provides drivers for
>>the 8500, do you use those or some opensource drivers? are the
>>opensource drivers the same performance?
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> Well it's fast enough for me, the only thing really missing in the
> open source drivers is S3TC or DXTC as it's called now. So no Unreal
> Tournament. :/

3d isn't quite stable for me yet, unfortunately, but that'll change ;-)
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>>i'm asking because i bought a geforce4, but if radeon8500 is good-enough
>>+ fast-enough + opensource-enough i might want to switch :-)
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> I'm very happy with my Radeon 8500, there's nothing better then
> cvs'ing the latest drivers :D And btw. if you thought Ati's support
> for drivers on Windows was bad, just wait till you see their closed
> source drivers. It's not pretty.
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>>thanks,
>>gabor
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