ATI Open Source Video Driver

ATI Open Source Video Driver is your go-to open-source option if you're looking for an alternative to the ATI/Radeon video driver. It’s designed to give you a smoother experience while handling video playback and rendering.

What's New in This Release?

There have been some major updates that you’ll definitely want to check out:

• mach64, r128, radeon are now ported to libpciaccess.


• A complete restructuring of the ATI wrapper.


• The radeon now supports chips from the r5xx, rs6xx, and r6xx families using ATOMBIOS.


• The return of zaphod mode support.


• Adds centered modes for radeon using scalers which can be selected via output attributes.


• PAL TV-out is fixed on supported chips!


• Initial support for render acceleration on r3xx/r4xx chips (including rotation).


• Bugs related to TV option handling are now fixed.


• Xv RGB and XPRESS Xv fixes have also been included.

User Contributions

A bunch of developers have contributed to this release as well:

• Alex Deucher: Integrated Atom code and more from Dave's contributions.


• Arkadiusz Miskiewicz: Worked on various cleanups and configuration fixes.


• Dave Airlie: Added numerous enhancements including fixing typos in crtc offset and improving memory mapping issues.

Troubleshooting and Fixes

This version also comes with a lot of bug fixes. Some examples include:

• A fix for cursor offsets on avivo chips.


• An update that improves BIOS/driver interaction for ATOM BIOS.

If you want to download this updated driver, head over to our page at: Download ATI Open Source Video Driver here!