Holy Canoli, speaking of a large set of drivers

Son Goku · 10-23-05, 09:31 AM

And here I thought 25 MB was a large set of drivers. In grabing the new ATI drivers for the Radeon's under Linux. Well, I'll let the thing speak for itself

Mind you, the Windows drivers are like half this size...

rohit · 10-23-05, 11:27 AM

OMFG.. wtf... 52mb. Thats RIDICULOUS.

Treason · 10-23-05, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by rohit

OMFG.. wtf... 52mb. Thats RIDICULOUS.

Kind of shows the talent level and/or methodology divide between nVidia and ATi engineering teams.

TierMann · 10-23-05, 09:24 PM

Does it have precompiled binaries for a few different kernels included?

AlphaWolf_HK · 10-23-05, 09:35 PM

Pfft...thats nothing. You want a huge way overbloated driver? Try HP's drivers for their networked printers. They are generally 500-700 megs in size. I was pretty pissed off when I had to download a set of them on my office computer on a crappy 256kbit DSL connection.

Adjective · 10-24-05, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Treason

Kind of shows the talent level and/or methodology divide between nVidia and ATi engineering teams.

No, it doesn't.

Son Goku · 10-24-05, 04:11 AM

Holy crap, 700 MB drivers? That's worse then when I downloaded winXP from MSDN subscriber downloads. That was only about a 450-500 MB download.

Still, 52 MB drivers do seem a bit extreme, and comparing it to the Windows binaries I do wonder what's up

If they ever get to be as big as a winXP Service Pack (and this would probably go for just about any company); a user might have grounds to give the devs a piece of their mind

I pitty the dial up user who might have to download one of these drivers we're all talking about

X1800XT · 10-24-05, 10:49 AM

If you can afford an expensive video card, but stay on dial-up, there is something wrong with your priorities.

Indeed, HP's driver AND software for the Color Laserjet 28x0 weigh in at 544 megabytes on the cd.. amazing.
HP also likes to bundle all their drivers for Broadcomm network controllers, the machine specific drivers come in at 25 meg, while those which support some more machines do something between 112 and 172 megabyte..

Amazing but then again, if you can afford a computer, you can afford a decent internet connection..

saturnotaku · 10-24-05, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by X1800XT

Amazing but then again, if you can afford a computer, you can afford a decent internet connection..

If broadband is even available where you live...

**CaptNKILL** · 10-24-05, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by X1800XT

If you can afford an expensive video card, but stay on dial-up, there is something wrong with your priorities.

Indeed, HP's driver AND software for the Color Laserjet 28x0 weigh in at 544 megabytes on the cd.. amazing.
HP also likes to bundle all their drivers for Broadcomm network controllers, the machine specific drivers come in at 25 meg, while those which support some more machines do something between 112 and 172 megabyte..

Amazing but then again, if you can afford a computer, you can afford a decent internet connection..

Not everyone has broadband service available in their area... in fact, most people that live outside of cities dont

slick · 10-24-05, 04:22 PM

Heh, I live fairly far off from a *large* city, and I still get 3mb DSL out here. My friend that lives out in the boonies (like seriously out there) even has a cable connection nowadays.

rohit · 10-24-05, 08:49 PM

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Amazing but then again, if you can afford a computer, you can afford a decent internet connection..

Theres a difference.
Broadband at your area/place/city/country mus be cheaper.

we here have to pay much higher than in US.
Certainly a person who affords a hi-end comp, can afford broadband, if the price is same at all places.

Most ppl end-up on dial up coz for them broadband is as expensive as their hi-end comp.

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10-23-05, 09:35 PM	#5
AlphaWolf_HK Lord Smoked Meat & Fishes Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sonoran Desert Posts: 11,670	Re: Holy Canoli, speaking of a large set of drivers Pfft...thats nothing. You want a huge way overbloated driver? Try HP's drivers for their networked printers. They are generally 500-700 megs in size. I was pretty pissed off when I had to download a set of them on my office computer on a crappy 256kbit DSL connection.

10-24-05, 04:11 AM	#7
Son Goku No lover of dogma Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: 439 East District, Mount Paozu Posts: 8,472	Re: Holy Canoli, speaking of a large set of drivers Holy crap, 700 MB drivers? That's worse then when I downloaded winXP from MSDN subscriber downloads. That was only about a 450-500 MB download. Still, 52 MB drivers do seem a bit extreme, and comparing it to the Windows binaries I do wonder what's up If they ever get to be as big as a winXP Service Pack (and this would probably go for just about any company); a user might have grounds to give the devs a piece of their mind I pitty the dial up user who might have to download one of these drivers we're all talking about

10-24-05, 10:49 AM	#8
X1800XT Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	Re: Holy Canoli, speaking of a large set of drivers If you can afford an expensive video card, but stay on dial-up, there is something wrong with your priorities. Indeed, HP's driver AND software for the Color Laserjet 28x0 weigh in at 544 megabytes on the cd.. amazing. HP also likes to bundle all their drivers for Broadcomm network controllers, the machine specific drivers come in at 25 meg, while those which support some more machines do something between 112 and 172 megabyte.. Amazing but then again, if you can afford a computer, you can afford a decent internet connection..

10-24-05, 04:22 PM	#11
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