[ Thanks to Michael Larabel for this
link. ]
“While the Avivo driver doesn’t yet contain 3D functionality or
support a number of features found in the official fglrx driver and
the community Radeon driver, it is making steady progress despite
its age. Most recently with the open-source R500 driver
implementing shadow frame-buffer support, we have experienced a
noticeable increase in performance. As we have begun to receive
messages from those interested in this driver wondering about the
performance capabilities, we have carried out a brief GtkPerf test
comparing the Avivo git code to ATI’s official binary ‘fglrx’
display driver…”