ATI Chipsets

[Adam K Kirchhoff]

On Wednesday 22 October 2008 19:12:50 Thomas J. Baker wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 15:44 -0700, Corbin Simpson wrote:
> > Thomas J. Baker wrote:
> > > What's the current (Fedora 10 current) best ATI chipset/driver
> > > combination that has a GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE of at least 4096? I got an
> > > R300 for F9 but it only supported a max texture of 2048 so compiz
> > > didn't work correctly. I want to find a relatively cheap ($100 or so)
> > > best supported 3D capable (compiz, googleearth, low end game 3D) card.
> > > Also, was the 2048 an R300 limit, or a chipset limit?
> >
> > The r5xx series (X1xxx) is supported by F9 and has full open-source
> > compiz support. The best card in the series is the X1950, and it runs
> > about $80 or so on Newegg, sometimes less.
> >
> > Also, the limit is a chipset limit, not a driver limit.
> >
> > ~ C.
>
> Thanks for the info. I figured it was a chipset issue. I should clarify
> too that the R300 works perfectly well, just not with my two monitors.
>
> Is the support any worse with the r6xx series? Newegg has some 3850
> cards that are cheaper than the $150 X1950s they currently have.

There are no open source drivers that provide 2D or 3D acceleration for r600 
and newer cards at the moment, unfortunately.

Adam

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