AMD 8.42 Driver Brings Fixes, AIGLX!

Sidney · 24th October 2007, 04:03

Today it's now time where the fglrx driver reaches yet another
milestone. Not only does today's release address many of the outstanding
bugs for the earlier GPU generations while also introducing a few new
features, but it also delivers AIGLX support! Yes, you read that right.
You can finally run your ATI graphics card with the fglrx driver and run
Compiz, Beryl, or Compiz Fusion without using XGL! This is coming 13
months after NVIDIA had introduced its AIGLX support, but now just days
after the release of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon it's here for ATI
hardware. Granted, if you were using an older ATI GPU with the
open-source Radeon driver, you could have been benefiting from AIGLX
already.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11287

24th October 2007, 04:03	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	AMD 8.42 Driver Brings Fixes, AIGLX! Today it's now time where the fglrx driver reaches yet another milestone. Not only does today's release address many of the outstanding bugs for the earlier GPU generations while also introducing a few new features, but it also delivers AIGLX support! Yes, you read that right. You can finally run your ATI graphics card with the fglrx driver and run Compiz, Beryl, or Compiz Fusion without using XGL! This is coming 13 months after NVIDIA had introduced its AIGLX support, but now just days after the release of Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon it's here for ATI hardware. Granted, if you were using an older ATI GPU with the open-source Radeon driver, you could have been benefiting from AIGLX already. http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11287 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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