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Re:Apple ditches NVIDIA, goes with ATI for their desktop lineup by Zev on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @04:53AM (#1553901)
As long as you don't need 3D acceleration, they are the best choice.

That is a pretty big thing to be missing.

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Re:Apple ditches NVIDIA, goes with ATI for their desktop lineup by alf on Wednesday July 28, 2010 @08:36AM (#1554188)
This makes it pretty pointless to have discrete ATI graphics under Linux. I have an integrated ATI graphics card in my desktop and discrete ATI graphics card in my laptop. They both have the same use cases; they can handle basic desktop functionalities (which is a huge step from fglrx) but not any serious 3d.
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