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> As far as I know, the best drivers on Linux are still not on par with their equivalent on Windows in terms of performance. Forget performance, ATI drivers ar

> As far as I know, the best drivers on Linux are still not on par with their equivalent on Windows in terms of performance. Forget performance, ATI drivers are so unstable it's barely usable (eg. Gnome 3 restarting regularly, like once per hour), and that's just plain desktop apps (Vim/browser), trying to run some version of VLC from default repo instantly crashed the PC (needed to restart), when I tried to play games random graphics bugs were everywhere (texture artifacts, framebuffer not clearing properly, etc.) All distros I've tried so far have problems with closed source drivers, and the OSS ones don't have HW 3D I think because it's slow as hell. Also - you can't alt-tab from full screen games. I looked it up, found a post that started with "you need to modify your xconfig" closed the tab. I think linux needs a lot more polish to be viable for everyday use as multimedia/gaming desktop OS, I would love to ditch the windows partition and rebooting but I don't think it's going to happen soon.

Inufu 14y ago
Interesting - I haven't had problems with any closed source drivers for years, gaming works fine. I am using a ATI card right now, and it works completely fine. Maybe there's some other problem?
- ekianjo 14y ago
  What are you playing with exactly ? Any 3d games?
  - Monotoko 14y ago
    I can vouch for this too... I play World Of Warcraft (aging.. but still 3D) using the ATI drivers and it actually runs better than it does on Windows. The only thing I have issues with when using the closed source drivers is standby (it never comes back ._.)
- moonchrome 14y ago
  I only tried to play HoN - the game did work and din't crash or had any performance issues - but there were many glitches and alt-tab not working made me give up. Most of the issues with stability I had were with Gnome 3 + closed source driver (Unity as well, but I haven't tried Ubuntu since 11.10 Alpha). I also tried to play some games with Wine and that didn't work so well (NvN, HOMM) - again random glitches and crashes.
wazoox 14y ago
Weird. I run HB games (from Trine to Limbo) without particular problem on my machines with Radeon cards and the proprietary driver. From what I heard around, only people running Ubuntu seem to have serious problems with Catalyst. Are your running Ubuntu?
Symmetry 14y ago
I'd actually recommend the open source drivers. Its true that you're giving up half the FPS on 3D games, but that's a small price to pay for a stable desktop - and the 2D performance is usually better.

Inufu 14y ago

Interesting - I haven't had problems with any closed source drivers for years, gaming works fine. I am using a ATI card right now, and it works completely fine. Maybe there's some other problem?

ekianjo 14y ago
What are you playing with exactly ? Any 3d games?
- Monotoko 14y ago
  I can vouch for this too... I play World Of Warcraft (aging.. but still 3D) using the ATI drivers and it actually runs better than it does on Windows. The only thing I have issues with when using the closed source drivers is standby (it never comes back ._.)
moonchrome 14y ago
I only tried to play HoN - the game did work and din't crash or had any performance issues - but there were many glitches and alt-tab not working made me give up. Most of the issues with stability I had were with Gnome 3 + closed source driver (Unity as well, but I haven't tried Ubuntu since 11.10 Alpha). I also tried to play some games with Wine and that didn't work so well (NvN, HOMM) - again random glitches and crashes.

wazoox 14y ago

Weird. I run HB games (from Trine to Limbo) without particular problem on my machines with Radeon cards and the proprietary driver. From what I heard around, only people running Ubuntu seem to have serious problems with Catalyst. Are your running Ubuntu?

Symmetry 14y ago

I'd actually recommend the open source drivers. Its true that you're giving up half the FPS on 3D games, but that's a small price to pay for a stable desktop - and the 2D performance is usually better.