<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The alternatives</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="ATI R200 + XFree86 4.x mini-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="System Requirements" HREF="sysreq.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Experiences with XFree86's driver" HREF="alt1.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="chapter" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >ATI R200 + XFree86 4.x mini-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="sysreq.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="alt1.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="chapter" ><H1 ><A NAME="alternatives" ></A >Chapter 3. The alternatives</H1 ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="alt1.html" >Experiences with XFree86's driver</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="alt2.html" >Experiences with ATI's own driver</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="alt3.html" >Experiences with DRI's driver</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="alt4.html" >Experiences with the GATOS project's driver</A ></DT ><DT >3.5. <A HREF="alt5.html" >Thoughts on Schneider Digital's driver</A ></DT ><DT >3.6. <A HREF="choice_rec.html" >Still Haven't Chosen One?</A ></DT ></DL ></DIV ><P >As you could see in <A HREF="sysreq.html" >Chapter 2</A >, the alternatives you can choose may be limited by the XFree86 version you are running. It is very important that you check the dependencies first. If you don't meet the requirements, this HOWTO will not apply to you, and you may and probably will suffer a system crash if proceeding.</P ><P >The various alternatives of this HOWTO will give variable results. I haven't tested every possible use of the card, but I have had a few experiences, and the drivers also provide some information.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="sysreq.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="alt1.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >System Requirements</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Experiences with XFree86's driver</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >