ATI Display Driver 8.18.6
October 14th, 2005 by MarvATI has released version 8.18.6 of their x86/x86_64 driver for Linux. New features include:
- Dynamic clock gating
- Enhanced support for OpenGL development (glATI.h header file)
- Dual link monitor support
- Xinerama support
- A new X Server configuration utility
Download [ ATI Display Driver 8.18.6 x86 ] [ATI Display Driver 8.18.6 x86_64 ]]
October 15th, 2005 at 2:32 am
following the link to release notes gets you to http://www.ati.com/online/403/leech.asp
October 15th, 2005 at 11:23 am
does it suck?
October 15th, 2005 at 11:28 am
No ATI driver news without me!
October 15th, 2005 at 12:36 pm
I must say that I’m impressed. I’ve got the latest kernel 2.6.13 and the driver installed and ran without a hitch. The framerates are the highest I’ve ever had for this card and the 2-D display quality is now as good as the xorg radeon driver. You can see from the install logs and fglrxconfig that ATI finally gets it. Way to go.
As for install Nvidia guy – although your presence is pleasantly nostalgic, I think it’s time for you to get a life (or a wife).
October 15th, 2005 at 2:36 pm
The ati drivers still suck ass.
October 16th, 2005 at 6:31 am
I’m pleased to see this feature added, afaict the same as the free drivers had some time, but is there something we need to do to activate it? The documentation gives no hints, and other features are oddly buried in the config file (particularly the “Capabilities” bitfield).
October 16th, 2005 at 2:02 pm
Xpress 200M with Sideport STILL broken. How hard is this to fix?
October 17th, 2005 at 11:50 am
I haven’t installed the drivers yet, but .. I see it has xinerama support now. This is about friggan time. I’ve been pineing for this for a while now, and its finally here.
The other features are nice too, it’d be nice to see some speed benchmarks that this new driver pulls, I’m hoping that someday ATI cards will be as good as choice for linux as nVidia currently is.
It -is- getting better.
–SD