r300 driver stability

[Andras Simon]

On 5/31/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Andras Simon wrote:
> > I'm putting together a new box that is going to have Fedora 7 (x86_64
> > if it matters) on it. The last remaining component I haven't made up
> > my mind on is the video card. I don't need stellar 3D performance (a
> > little hardware 3D acceleration would be nice though), but I'm very
> > much concerned about stability. Having been bitten in the past by the
> > proprietary NVidia drivers, this time I'm leaning towards the r300
> > series of ATI cards, as they are supported by OS drivers. (Actually,
> > I'd prefer one of the r200 series of cards, but I haven't found one
> > with a PCIe interface.) But since the r300 driver is based on reverse
> > engineering, I'm not sure if this is a safe choice. Could someone who
> > uses it tell about his/her experiences, especially stability-wise?
> >
> > Andras
>
> Have you considered Intel? I believe they provide the only vendor
> supplied open drivers that support 3D.

It's too late for that. I already have the motherboard...

Andras