Hardware4Linux

Overall rating: -4.0 x 2

By Linux distribution:

• Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.2 AuthenticAMD: -4.0 x 2

Working video cards in 3D on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.2 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.37.5-zen) by dE_logics (-5):

Absolutely broken. What to say.

Composting with kwin results in extreme memory leaks + FPS are very bad. Blender doesn’t work.

Composing with compiz is slow.

Working video cards in 2D on Gentoo Gentoo Base System release 2.0.2 AuthenticAMD (kernel: 2.6.37.5-zen) by dE_logics (-3):

The card is not listed in AMDs database, drivers not available for Windows (the x1250 drivers don’t work), for Linux (the proprietary drivers).

xf86-video-ati driver is your best home. Card gives misc. problems form time to time, under some kernels, using UMS (i.e. no KMS) causes X to crash randomly, there’re a verity of problems that comes up after each kernel update.

The DEs will show corruption here and there moderately (a very small issue actually).

HD videos will play but not in that much of a proper way.

Dual head (with that VGA port) works.

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