ATI Chipsets

[Corbin Simpson]

Thomas J. Baker wrote:
> What's the current (Fedora 10 current) best ATI chipset/driver
> combination that has a GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE of at least 4096? I got an
> R300 for F9 but it only supported a max texture of 2048 so compiz didn't
> work correctly. I want to find a relatively cheap ($100 or so) best
> supported 3D capable (compiz, googleearth, low end game 3D) card. Also,
> was the 2048 an R300 limit, or a chipset limit? 

The r5xx series (X1xxx) is supported by F9 and has full open-source
compiz support. The best card in the series is the X1950, and it runs
about $80 or so on Newegg, sometimes less.

Also, the limit is a chipset limit, not a driver limit.

~ C.

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