Which ATI graphics card shall I choose for fedora/rhel

[Kevin Martin]

Kevin J. Cummings wrote:
> Kevin Martin wrote:
>> FWIW, I've got an x1600 running on my Acer laptop and have NEVER been 
>> able to get compiz to work correctly (either using the fglrx or the 
>> proprietary ATI drivers).  This is with F8.
>
> My laptop has a Mobility Radeon x1600.  According to the chipset 
> mappings, this is an M56 chipset (not an Rxxx) and is only supported 
> by radeonhd.  I used to use fglrx with this chipset on FC6.i386, but 
> since I upgraded to F9.x86_64 the only driver that works for me is the 
> radeon driver.  According to the man files, this is backwards and only 
> radeonhd should work for me.
>
> One minor problem I have with this chipset is that while X is running, 
> the virtual consoles are illegible.  They work, but I cannot see the 
> text legibly when I type in one, so unless I remember which user is 
> logged in on which console, they are not useful.  If I kill the X 
> server, they become legible again.  Strange.  I never had this problem 
> using the fglrx driver on FC6.
>
>> Kevin
>
I use the fglrx drivers with this "card", but not with Compiz.  I have 
not tried the radeon(hd) drivers to see if I get different results.  I 
had been downloading and installing the ATI proprietary drivers that the 
ATI website said worked with this card.  Are the radeon(hd) drivers on 
the ATI website or are they built/hosted somewhere else?

Kevin