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Just wanted to say that I have the same graphics card and the exact same problems with it (Gnome 3 even with all the patches and everything would still "restart
by moonchrome 14y ago
Just wanted to say that I have the same graphics card and the exact same problems with it (Gnome 3 even with all the patches and everything would still "restart" once per hour at least), so seriously if you are interested in running Linux avoid AMD.
- Nicole060 14y agoAnd here I hoped that since the last time I tried that it would finally work.. many months have passed since the last time I gave Linux a go on this desktop. The fact that you're saying that you're still having this problem now is not making me feel any happier. ... if in the next 6 months the situation doesn't get any better I feel I am going to physically destroy the GPU with a hammer, send the pic to AMD and buy a nvidia before the need for a hardware upgrade even shows up. The fact that it has drivers problems even under windows doesn't help making AMD's case.
- moonchrome 14y ago>The fact that you're saying that you're still having this problem now is not making me feel any happier. TBH I also gave up about a month and a half ago it could have changed recently but I doubt it.
- ori_b 14y agoNo, avoid proprietary drivers. The open source ATI drivers are working beautifully for me. They're fast enough for everything I do, and they've been rock solid for me.
- moonchrome 14y ago>They're fast enough for everything I do Waay to slow for gaming (I tried HoN and NVN) also WebGL was really slow (software rendering kind slow), since this is a thread about games I think this use case is required - I didn't try the OSS drivers in ~6 months so it could have changed. But Gnome/desktop was really stable so if you only need desktop apps it does work.