Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Quote:
Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> I already have Linux running on a Quad 2.5 GHz G5, [...]
> and the video card support isn't quite as good as the X5000
Video card support of Linux on X5000 is better than video card support of Linux on PowerMac G5?
Yes, getting Radeon HD cards working on PCI-E G5 has been a real struggle. I got some pointers from Spectre660 and sorted it out, but one thing that Aeon has done is encourage the development of Linux distros specific to their products.
Of course, neither the X5000 or the G5 support GCN cards under Linux (at least not at the moment), but the 5000 and 6000 series cards work well.
Looking at our future support, I might downgrade to a Radeon HD 4890 if I buy an X5000, in order to have overlay support.
I'd rather not, as the 5000s are a significant improvement, but it is what it is.
"Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
