xorg-x11-drv-ati problem?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 17:02:37 -0400,
  Lyvim Xaphir <knightmerc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I think you're gonna be confused no matter what, since fglrx DOES happen
> to be the authoritative ati drivers; by the manufacturer.  The
> manufacturer (by definition the CREATOR of the hardware), is also by
> definition then the creator of the AUTHORITATIVE drivers.  So you've got

That doesn't make them the authoritative Fedora ATI drivers.

> the real drivers by the manufacturer and then you've got the freetard
> drivers which have the subpar performance.  At least with the latest
> hardware and not including legacy hardware.

My r530 based card does get 3d acceleration in F9. I haven't compared it to
fglrx so I can't say if fglrx gets a bit more out of the card, but from what
you say it sounds like it wouldn't work at all.