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From: Alex Hudson <home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:11:52 +0100
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Hi Chris,

On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 22:34 +0100, Lupatria wrote:
> I tried Compiz on a 9250 a while ago with the free ATI driver (the non-free
> one doesn't give any 3D at all) and I found it too slow to use because
> transparency effects were being software rendered. However, the drivers are
> advancing rapidly so that may be fixed now.

Really? An ATI 9250 is the same chipset as the 9200SE I have (rv280),
and I'm running compiz on it absolutely fine. It's been that way ever
since aiglx was first released so that compiz could run on the free
drivers.

Not just compiz; bzflag etc. runs a treat on it :)

Cheers,

Alex.

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References:
- [Sheflug] ati 9250
  - From: Ted
- Re: [Sheflug] ati 9250
  - From: Alex Hudson
- Re: [Sheflug] ati 9250
  - From: Ted
- Re: [Sheflug] ati 9250
  - From: Lupatria

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