Linux ATI Drivers - Are they really *that* bad?

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#1 Crockeo   User is offline

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Linux ATI Drivers - Are they really *that* bad?

Posted 06 January 2012 - 11:13 PM

I've heard a lot about how ATI drivers for Linux suck, and are overall terrible in every way. But I've never experienced this (probably because I hardly do any 3D on Linux (all my gaming is on my Windows partition)). So I was wondering, are ATI's drivers really that bad, or is it just similar to the whole, "Java is Slow" myth?

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EDIT: Also, what are some of the worst driver situations you've ran into?

EDIT2: Sorry for posting in the wrong section :P

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Posted 06 January 2012 - 11:14 PM

*Moved to Computer Support*
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Re: Linux ATI Drivers - Are they really *that* bad?

Posted 09 January 2012 - 03:05 AM

about the ati proprietary drivers, yup they su**ed, tried just this morning, ubuntu 11.10 with gnome 3 shell.
java works fine :), using netbeans all the time :)
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this is on a hp 4310s laptop

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