2014-04-23, 00:32
(2014-04-22, 20:49)Claudio.Sjo Wrote: I was seriously thinking about upgrading the HTPC, but this must be a one-bullet operation, as if it doesn't work I'll get a revolution at home.
Whatever acceleration you get currently will still work with fglrx in 14.04. The 5700 is still a fairly fast CPU that can play back most stuff without GPU acceleration. Try dual booting for a some time to see if it works, or put in a spare hard drive for a trial install.
The 5700 uses an older GPu than my 7870, so the OSS driver might work very well. The r600 driver is much more mature:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ar...in81&num=1