Good news for Linux users: Intel has open-sourced the drivers for their graphics chipsets. This means we will see better quality drivers from Intel, and it will actually provide quite a boost to their chipset sales. After all, truly open-source drivers can be shipped with open-source distros and work right out-of-the-box. This makes Intel chipsets infinitely more attractive for commodity Linux PCs, and the quality of their Windows drivers will probably benefit from the open nature of their Linux drivers. Smart move Intel, didn’t see it coming.
On that note, we’ll have to wait and see if the AMD aquisition of ATI will result in better quality Linux drivers (or best, open-source Linux drivers!).
Well for the moment, I wouldn’t touch ATi’s graphics cards with a barge poll! The reason I have gone nVidia is because their graphics drivers, although proprietory, are much better then ATi’s
I am not really a heavy gamer at all, I play a bit of Enemy Territory and that’s about it! If Intel’s new chips can handle the odd game, as well as XGL/Compiz, then I am sold
Of Course AMD will open source the drivers, i belive intel only did so beacuse they where :swear: themselves at the AMD-Ati deal! (and trying to gain popularity fast!)
Intel graphics will display the desktop, and play space invaders if your lucky.
Ati graphics eat things, in glorious high framerates (even with “bad” drivers, which if [or rather when] open-sourced will improve dramatically!). I would also expect AMD & ATi products to work closer together, aka better. AMD Still have my money.
In linux ATi has high fram rates :o thats new, sounds like the drivers must be ace now, i thought they were crap and that Nvidia drivers were the best.
