Re: Installing ATI Graphics Driver
Originally Posted by
t0p
There's also an app called Envyng which installs proprietary (NVIDIA and ATI) drivers for you. The app is actually called envyng-gtk or envyng-qt, depending on whether you're running ubuntu or kubuntu - envyng-gtk is the ubuntu app.
Envy is great, but it's 2 driver versions behind right now for ATI. I haven't tried the current ATI driver just released, but the 2 previous drivers have to many problems for me to even consider. The problems ARE related to it's 3D abilities and that seems to be exactly what the OP is concerned about.
The currently included restricted driver that's activated by the "Hardware Drivers" applet is in MY OPINION the better choice. It's far more stable and plays 3D games very will. The same can't be said for the ATI driver versions 8.6 and 8.7 . I haven't yet tried the 8.8 so I can't vouch for that one. It may be that the 8.8 is a fine replacement I'm not sure. Since Envy only includes the 8.6 driver I can't point anyone in that direction.
Last edited by crjackson; August 30th, 2008 at 01:39 AM.
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