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11.2 x64 ATI & NVidia installs compared 
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Salamander

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Post 11.2 x64 ATI & NVidia installs compared
I currently run 11.1 x64 KDE 4.3.1 on an AMD 64 X2 +6000 4gig RAM with NV 7900 GTX video.

I have installed 11.2 x64 KDE on a spare 250 gig HDD as a test run to updating my system, also installed on an AMD 64 X2 +4200 1 gig RAM with ATI x1250 integrated mobo graphics.

Both installs went off with out a problem, my main system has both onboard HD audio and a Creative X-FI extreme music card. I can happily report that my X-Fi and HD onboard sound worked strait out of the box. On current 11.1 and previous versions HD sound needed tweaking to work and X-Fi not supported. NVidia driver install i added the FTP repo as the browse-able repo was not up yet driver installed with out a hitch.

The other box with ATI graphics all is well except for graphics, no ATI repo available yet and after 2 failed attempts at installing the hard way I'll wait for a repo. 11.2 detects properly lists in sysinfo but graphic are slugggish and jittery, there are artifacts closing windows.

Think I'm going to wait a couple of weeks for the software repos to catch up before upgrading main system.
The other box will go to a friend who wants to try Linux when he can talk his wife into giving him a spot in her house for it. >:)


Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:57 am
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Salamander

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Post Re: 11.2 x64 ATI & NVidia installs compared
I am giving up on the box with the ATI onboard x1250 graphics card and 11.2.
I am installing 11.1 on it now.
It floors me that AMD-ATI would kick so many to the curb. ~x(


Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:54 am
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Post Re: 11.2 x64 ATI & NVidia installs compared
I had really hoped that AMD would turn around ATI's linux video drivers, but so far it doesn't look they are.

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