Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932374AbVKFXrM (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:47:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932370AbVKFXrL (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:47:11 -0500 Received: from 41-052.adsl.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.41.52]:13319 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932375AbVKFXrK (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:47:10 -0500 To: Mark Knecht Cc: Steven Rostedt , LKML Subject: Re: 3D video card recommendations References: <1131112605.14381.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <5bdc1c8b0511040710q4a4ce3eend6edc2b4027e33b0@mail.gmail.com> From: Nix X-Emacs: because editing your files should be a traumatic experience. Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:46:39 +0000 In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0511040710q4a4ce3eend6edc2b4027e33b0@mail.gmail.com> (Mark Knecht's message of "4 Nov 2005 15:11:13 -0000") Message-ID: <87ek5t9w68.fsf@amaterasu.srvr.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Corporate Culture, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2052 Lines: 42 On 4 Nov 2005, Mark Knecht announced authoritatively: > On 11/4/05, Steven Rostedt wrote: >> I'm currently putting together (ordering parts for) another machine. It >> will be a AMD64 X2. Now I'm looking into a video card for this. Up till >> now, I've always used NVidia. But I also want to test 3D acceleration >> under Ingo's -rt patch. So now I need something that does not have a >> priority module. >> >> I'm not much of a gamer, although I do play every so often. So I don't >> need the highest quality card, but I also want something that is still >> pretty good. For example, I currently have a NVidia GeForce 6800 GT >> card. So I'm hoping to get something equivalent. >> >> I'm looking at the ATI Radeons. >> >> Any recommendations? (links to info would also be nice ;-) > > Not a recommendation. Just a point to be aware of. The ATI Radeons, to > get the best acceleration, seem to require that you use the ATI closed > source drivers. Currently I haven't found an ATI closed source driver > that supports 2.6.14. so I'm forced to use the Xorg radeon driver. I > have no idea if this is very good. I don't think so as my glxgear > numbers are pretty low. Much lower than the ATI driver running on > 2.6.13-X. Surely it depends on the Radeon. I get perfectly respectable numbers on my Radeon 9250 (purchased because Dave Airlie said it was well-supported by X.org :) ). It's not exactly Doom-playing quality, but it's good enough for everything I'm doing with it, and it only cost thirty quid: for that price you can afford to try it and see :) (Later Radeons' 3D aren't fully supported yet in free drivers, as far as I know.) -- `Heinlein is quite competent at putting together sentences, but usually he also puts together a plot to go with them.' --- Russ Allbery - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/