Phoronix: X.Org 7.2: ATI Open v. Closed Drivers
Feb 08, 2007, 07:45 (0 Talkback[s])
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"Last October we had compared the performance of the open-source
R300 display driver against the closed-source fglrx driver for ATI
Radeon graphics cards. In that comparison a Mobility Radeon X300
was used with X.Org 7.1, but we have decided to take another look
at this driver comparison under X.Org 7.2. In this last comparison,
the fglrx binary blob had greatly outperformed the open-source
driver. While the fglrx driver remains faster, has the performance
delta between these two drivers decreased...?"
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