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#1 2009-10-18 20:49:51
- mohaagh.02
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what's is the best ati driver ?
Hello, what's is the best driver availabe now for ati hd4000 series ?? i want to be able to use the kwin effect ??
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#2 2009-10-19 01:16:15
- RobbeR49
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Re: what's is the best ati driver ?
Both the open-source ATI drivers and the catalyst drivers have always worked fine for me. Unless you are playing a lot of 3D games the ATI driver works great and is less hassle then the catalyst driver.
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#3 2009-10-19 01:43:22
- Ranguvar
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Re: what's is the best ati driver ?
The Free Software drivers tend to be much better at 2D, and much more stable with better support for new kernel/X.Org releases. It can do extremely basic 3D I believe, but if you're a 3D gamer or _need_ KWin/Compiz effects, you'll probably need the Catalyst/fglrx blob drivers.
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#4 2009-10-19 09:13:39
- Nezmer
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Re: what's is the best ati driver ?
To get 3D in ATI HD4000 , Catalyst is the only option . The patched xorg helps but some bugs are still there .
The free drivers are expected to become the best choice within months . development/git PKGBUILDS are available in the AUR and a How-To is available in the forum. You can test and follow their progress If you feel adventurous .
English is not my native language .
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#5 2009-10-21 12:02:08
- mohaagh.02
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Re: what's is the best ati driver ?
thx 
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#6 2009-10-22 19:12:17
- PierreR
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Re: what's is the best ati driver ?
I have an ATI HD4670. I have been using the catalyst driver for a few months now. Since the last kernel upgrade I have been given the xf86-video-ati driver another try.
Everything works as expected with the xf86-video-ati driver(I don't care about 3D); except that my computer is much more noisy (fan) with this driver.
I have reinstall the new catalyst 9.9; hopefully this will be the last ... I can only confirm that both work quite well for me, but the installation (and maintenance) of catalyst is more tricky.
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