ATI Drivers for Linux OVERHAULED! Thanks ATI!

[misfitpierce]

ATI has stepped up the next release of linux drivers for this month which will release soon known as 8.41.2. The drivers have shown up to 50% improvement from last drivers which is a HUGE step up. ATI is finally listening to linux users and starting to give ATI users their money's worth. Can't wait for the drivers... :):):) :guitar:

Article found here for all the info

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Breakthrough_ATI_AMD_Driver_Has_Just_Become_up_to_ 10_Times_Faster

[Sockerdrickan]

Actually it's AMD :P

[misfitpierce]

Actually it's AMD :P

True same thing tho :)

[SuperAndy]

any idea when they go live from the ati.amd site? just had a look, its still the same 8.40

[misfitpierce]

Sometime this month. They are released each month. 8.40 is august so im going to take a wild aim and guess around the 15th they should be released. I'll post when they are up for sure though.

[cogadh]

I wonder if Dell's call for better ATI drivers had anything to do with this? Great news for all our suffering ATI users, though. Now if only the Intel drivers would follow suit...

[SuperAndy]

i installed the fglrx drivers for the first time yesterday, and i was appauled. so incredibly buggy, it crashed almost every 5 minutes. if this is as stable as the open source driver, with the added speed. then woah.

[Wrathlon]

New drivers not always a good thing , I do not mean to put a damper on things as it seems any new drivers for nix is a good thing . For windows I have had to revert back to older drivers for 30-40% increase in performance and also the stability aspect. Was the same for both 32 bit and 64 bit XP Pro. Lets hope they don't follow suit with the nix drivers . :)

[hikaricore]

New drivers not always a good thing , I do not mean to put a damper on things as it seems any new drivers for nix is a good thing . For windows I have had to revert back to older drivers for 30-40% increase in performance and also the stability aspect. Was the same for both 32 bit and 64 bit XP Pro. Lets hope they don't follow suit with the nix drivers . :)


You've obviously never tried to setup/use their drivers on an ATI card.

It CAN'T possibly get worse than it is. If it does, someone deserves to be executed. I'm serious. :popcorn:

[quadomatic]

YES YES YES!!!

I'M SO HAPPY!!!

Maybe the driver will have added better shader support. Someone try playing Max Payne 2 and Counter-Strike Source in Direct X 9 mode instead of Direct X 7 mode. Also, someone let us know of you're able to run things that require direct rendering alongside Compiz Fusion and XGL with this new driver, like Google Earth.

I can't wait to see what 8.42 will be like!

Imagine 8.43!! *DROOLS*

BTW: What does AIGLX support mean?

[cogadh]

Accelerated Indirect GLX:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIGLX

[quadomatic]

Accelerated Indirect GLX:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIGLX

Why is AIGLX better?

[TheMono]

It's what lets you use compiz without a serious pain in the rear install.

[quadomatic]

It's what lets you use compiz without a serious pain in the rear install.

Does compiz run any faster with AIGLX?

[FluffyBunny]

It means for ATI you wont have to setup XGL in order to run compiz/beryl and the regular KDE session will be supported.

[ZShakespeare]

Not only new drivers, but according to this http://lwn.net/Articles/248227/ they are releasing the specifications for the R500 onward to facilitate the development of open source drivers.

[cogadh]

Whoa! That is quite an "about face" for them! I just gained a world of respect for them as a company, I'm still reserving judgment on their products (not a big fan, ATM). It will be interesting to see how Intel and Nvidia react to this, if at all.

[dynamethod]

ill believe the hype when i experience the hype

but till then, ATI drivers for linux sucks uknowhat, i got an ATI Radeon X800, ive tried so many different ways to get compiz fusion to work, and nothin, everytime :S

[cmat]

Maybe I can take back all the stuff I posted about ATI and finally get compiz on my damn laptop. If AMD was behind the move I might consider using their CPUs on my next system. Also Intel drivers suck no matter what platform they are on.

[Ferrat]

If all this is true with the new 8.41.2 rls and that they are sharing specs ect. then hurray!!
But don't want to hope for tomuch even if the tests says that my card will more or less dubble in FPS on most games and finally be able to use Compiz ect.

Imagine the set back if the driver doesn't deliver >_<

[hikaricore]

Imagine the set back if the driver doesn't deliver >_<

Kinda fits my thoughts the other day:
It CAN'T possibly get worse than it is. If it does, someone deserves to be executed. I'm serious. :popcorn:

hehe

I really hope for all our ATI card owners that this is the change in the wind they've been seeking. It's long overdue.

[frasch]

They will open an amount of specifications and actively founding the development of a open source driver. Latest news:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=826&num=1

[zipperback]

I wonder if Dell's call for better ATI drivers had anything to do with this? Great news for all our suffering ATI users, though. Now if only the Intel drivers would follow suit...

Now if only Lexmark would follow suit as well and start actually supporting the Linux community for their printers and all-in-one systems such as the x1240

- Jack
- zipperback

[[Alsharifi]]

newb question-when u guys say new drivers u mean like the restricted drivers (fglrx)?

how hard will they be to install?


my radeon x300 pcie runs compiz fusion well,is it worth the upgrade?

[Artificial Intelligence]

Not to be pessimistic, but I want to see it before I believe it. I say that because we've heard the same old riddle for years.

Yes, AMD have taken over, but let us not hype it too much before the actually driver is out.

[cor2y]

according to the reports from Phoronix AIGLX support will PROBABLY be available in next month's binary blob which means that we could see the end of having to use XGL for compiz-fusion around the same time Gutsy officially launches.
Heres hoping they deliver on that benchmark time table.
Also reports of greatly increased performance for the R300/R400 cards using the latest binary they plan to release this month.
Although still no support for the older ATI cards/chipsets which is a bit disheartening but if they really do deliver on aiding the opensource community efforts we could probably see increase performance on that front as well.

[[Alsharifi]]

cool i fit right in there!

cant wait to test it!

"ATI Technologies Inc RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)"

[[Alsharifi]]

any release date.any thing new?

[dynamethod]

was meant to be released 9 September, 2007

here it is currently 10 September, 2007, 9:32am(new zealand time)

and nothing yet....

i knew it wouldnt happen

[[Alsharifi]]

so were expecting it tommorow or so?

[trvr]

from what I read, it is this week sometime. I'm hoping it's early in the week.

[[Alsharifi]]

anxiously waiting!

[Ripfox]

Now someone from Intel needs to read this...:)

[Baby Boy]

Expected this week?

I have reinstalled Ubuntu just in time :D.

[pinoyskull]

i hope this new driver would enable me to do compiz fusion on dualheads :)

[[Alsharifi]]

so.....still anxiously waiting!

[tolstoyboy]

article about 8.42 here...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=827&num=1

[screwballl]

Now they need to get on the ball with support for the X1950 and X1650 series cards. This is my biggest pet peeve. I wish I knew more to be able to help out.