Originally posted by Plato:
Is anyone here running an R300? If so, what’s the driver quality like for coding the more advanced features of opengl? Would I be better off waiting for an NV30?
I have one.
For advanced OpenGL stuff on it, you would have to wait 'til the next driver release since the current public drivers don’t have support for ATI_fragment_program (I’ve been told that version 02.3 of the drivers will have it).
Other than that, it’s just a few small bugs here and there (so far, the only major one is ARB_depth_texture doesn’t work right).
), I’ll hold off until the NV30 comes out, or the Ati drivers are fixed up a bit - I’ve always hated running into a problem, then first assuming it’s my fault, then investigating the problem and finding out it’s someone else’s bug – too much wasted time 
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