ATI and Blender?

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Looking around for a new GPU. Need better OpenGL performance.

Been told that the ATI FireGL series are pretty good. I’m based in HK so none of this stuff is particularly expensive and I certainly won’t be going for the top of the range ones. Z1-128 or X1-128 should do it.

Also converting a couple PCs over to Linux in the next week, anyone know if there are any issues with the ATI Linux drivers and blender? I have already had some fun with nVidia ones in the past but they seem much better now.

Distro will be Debian or SuSe.

Almost windows free.

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Stay FAARRR away from ATI IMHO… I’ve had nothing but problems with those cards. Go with one of NVidia’s cards…

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Yes, ATI is crap, especially with OpenGL.

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Just in case it could help anyone who’s already with ATI/Windows - Catalyst version 3.9 seems to be alright (no interface problems in Blender as with later versions of drivers).

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I am using ati radeon 9600 pro, but I don;t have any problems with it. (windows and linux) it works fine for me…

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yeah, be wary of ati’s opengl drivers

cards aren’t bad, opengl drivers, especially for blender not perfect

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Almost every review I’ve even heard about (I’ve read quite a few too) shows that the Quadro’s lay the smack down on FireGL cards.

FireGL cards are usually uber-expensive too. For Blender, I’d have to recommend a Geforce-based card, never have had any issues with them.

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Thanks everyone for more speedy responses.

Not a gamer but I’ll look seriously again at the offerings from nVidia.

Elysiun is an incredible community no big egos, no barriers to learning.

Thanks again for the info.

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