PH <this.is.fake@fake.org> wrote:
> Ok, I get the newest FGLRX driver for x86 from ATI

Is this really necessary?

If you have a card based on a radeon series up to and including 9250 the
opensource radeon driver, at least in my experience, works better than the
binary fglrx driver.

If you have a card up to but not including the X1* series you should be
able to use the opensource r300 driver. I have no experience from that
driver myself, but I think that it is included with Slackware 12 and at
the time of this writing it is the top performer at http://www.free3d.org/

If you are unfortunate enough to have an X1* card you might have one more
option if it is in a Dell Optiplex GX280. Throw out the card and use the
built in intel based graphics on the motherboard. The VGA connector might
be hidden behind some plastic, but that is easy to remove.

In my experience the fglrx driver is a pita to configure and once
configured it is not stable but will cause crashes. However, it was a long
time since I played with the fglrx driver, maybe things have improved
since then. Your post seems to indicate that they still are a pita to
configure, lets hope that once configured they will be more stable than
they used to be.

regagards Henrik
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