On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 17:02:37 -0400, Lyvim Xaphir knightmerc@yahoo.com wrote:
I think you're gonna be confused no matter what, since fglrx DOES happen to be the authoritative ati drivers; by the manufacturer. The manufacturer (by definition the CREATOR of the hardware), is also by definition then the creator of the AUTHORITATIVE drivers. So you've got
That doesn't make them the authoritative Fedora ATI drivers.
the real drivers by the manufacturer and then you've got the freetard drivers which have the subpar performance. At least with the latest hardware and not including legacy hardware.
My r530 based card does get 3d acceleration in F9. I haven't compared it to fglrx so I can't say if fglrx gets a bit more out of the card, but from what you say it sounds like it wouldn't work at all.