Apple switches to ATI exclusively for iMac

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  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    So that must mean that solid drivers are being written for unix.

    Does that mean that solid Linux drivers will be available now?
  • Chase Sechrist
    edited July 2010
    That's a good question.

    ATI users have longed for decent non-MS drivers!

    PS: Is typing a color that is literally right here in text REALLY a good captcha? :P
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    Yeah, it works well enough. Our spam rate is pretty darned low :D
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    Linux ATi drivers caught up pretty decently in the last couple of years, really. I think they were more or less on par, last I checked.
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    I have not had any trouble with Ubuntu 10.04. ATI drivers work fine. They obviously don't get the same workout as with windows, but for the 3D desktop effects and general stability I have no problems to report.

    Fanboy alert.....

    So, what we are essentially saying is that after long last that Apple has a few more 3D games with the launch of Steam, what they really needed was the power of Radeon graphics?
  • digitalmonkey
    edited July 2010
    ATI's propriety drivers are still pretty poor in comparison to their windows counterparts. Some solid progress has been made with open source radeon and radeonhd drivers though, although 3D performance is still not perfect.
  • miragemirage
    edited July 2010
    OpenCL does not belong to ATI like CUDA belongs to Nvidia. OpenCL works with both Nvidia and ATI GPUs. It was developed by Apple in collaboration with Intel, IBM, AMD, and also Nvidia.
  • Narg
    edited July 2010
    Thank goodness. I've had too many computers turn into door stops due to faulty nVidia equipment. ATI drivers seem to me to be top notch. For all platforms. digitalmonkey seems to be lost on what drivers are about.
  • UPSLynxUPSLynx :KAPPA: Redwood City, CA Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    All is going according to plans.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    I concur with Cliff (surprise, surprise). I've switched from Nvidia to ATI graphics for my workstation and the Linux drivers work just fine. Of course, I'm not doing anything intense, but who would expect to with the Radeon 3000 built into this Shuttle box?
  • chrisWhitechrisWhite Littleton, CO
    edited July 2010
    Wait, they're selling Mac Pros now with no option to get a FirePro? wtf Apple.
  • Thib
    edited July 2010
    It's not "soonest". There is no such English word. Use "earliest". I'm referring to the last paragraph.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    Soonest absolutely is a word.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    Thib wrote:
    It's not "soonest". There is no such English word. Use "earliest". I'm referring to the last paragraph.

    http://dictionary.reference.com/cite.html?qh=soonest&ia=ced

    I love when people come here to try to armchair edit.

    Or is "armchair" not a word, Your Englishness?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    Part of the Reddit crowd, no doubt.
  • GnomeQueenGnomeQueen The Lulz Queen Mountain Dew Mouth Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    No, Brian, Englishness is not a word. I refer, naturally, to your most recent post.
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    Thrax wrote:
    Part of the Reddit crowd, no doubt.

    Really? I would have pegged him as a hackernews sort.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2010
    You're probably right. It's all the same, incestuous lot these days. ;)
  • brightblue
    edited July 2010
    "original blueberry iMac G3 in 1999"

    Blueberries came later. The original iMac (Rev A and B) came in Bondi Blue in 1998. Rev C, for sale in January 1999, came in five colours (including blueberry).
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