[MPlayer-users] Re: best graphic card for MPlayer

[The Wanderer]

Jindrich Makovicka wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> That depends on which card. I picked up a Radeon 9100 earlier this
>> year, and could not find working drivers for it *anywhere*. ATI
>> didn't offer
>> 
>> I still have that card... a perfectly good 3D video card, but since
>> everyone in the household runs either Linux or MacOS X - and we
>> don't know anyone who both runs Windows and could get use out of it
>> - it's just sitting around gathering dust. >_<
> 
> I thought that there are accelerated OpenGL drivers for this card and
> was even thinking about buying it for use under Linux:
> 
> http://www.atitech.ca/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html?type=linux&prodType=graphic&prod=productsLINUXdriver&submit.x=15&submit.y=11&submit=GO%21 
> 
> Did you try this driver?

I don't know whether or not I got it from there, and I don't know if it
was the same version, but I tried the fglrx driver and got nowhere -
several times. I still have it on my system, somewhere....

Ah. I have various versions up through 4.2.20, and the site linked has
up to 4.3.0, so the situation may have improved since I tried it. I'll
see about trying with a new version... one of these days....

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       The Wanderer

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