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Cat 7.5 released: F@H, Linux & OGL

Posted by dcparris on · 4 comments
Bit-Tech.net; By Richard Swinburne 		Mail this story
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Yesterday ATI released its latest Catalyst drivers, version 7.5. The update includes a much needed performance boost for OpenGL with last generation X1-50 series products, in good time for Quake Wars: Enemy Territory

[Need to hear from GNU/Linux users on their experiences with these drivers - dcparris

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Comments (4)

DrDubious ·
As of the most recent release, google earth still won't start with hardware acceleration with ATI's drivers.

As best I can tell, it has something to do with something being incorrectly implemented in the drivers, not in Google Earth, or at least that's the impression I get from what I can see from poking around online.
herzeleid ·
Well, google earth works fine here on my linux systems - with either nvidia or onboard intel 945G - so by process of elimination I suspect the ATI drivers, which are a well known source of various other issues for linux users.
Aladdin_Sane ·
Was Google Earth one of those things they packaged with WINE for Linux, or no?
herzeleid ·
Quoting: Was Google Earth one of those things they packaged with WINE for Linux, or no?
Google Earth is a native linux app - OTOH that picasa thing is a wine app...

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