Comment 18 for bug 1017091

I use fglrx and can confirm manu bugs .. But with the opensource driver it seems like my laptop(with RADEON HD 6470M) will catch fire or explode at any minute(in addition, with the version from precise Gala is surprisingly slower than it is on fglrx). Not to mention it makes cool sounds like a jet plane. :)
I hope radeon receives good power management support soon, and maybe the newer version can be used on elementary then, if it happens any time soon. I'd love to be able to switch to radeon, but I pretty much can't, simple web browsing can bring the temperature to the limits. Not to mention more intensive tasks, including updating the system etc that use some CPU power.
(I've already tried the current dynamic power management implementation, settings power profile to low, etc, even in much newer version and Arch Linux, but none help, and while I can get a few degrees cooler than before, it's still hot with the addition of slugginess and flickering.
Desktop users shouldn't have much of a problem though. But for laptops ... It was similar on other's people's machines that I tried.)