Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965176AbVKGSPz (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:15:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965170AbVKGSPy (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:15:54 -0500 Received: from ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com ([24.24.2.56]:48877 "EHLO ms-smtp-02.nyroc.rr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965176AbVKGSPx (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 13:15:53 -0500 Subject: Re: 3D video card recommendations From: Steven Rostedt To: Mark Knecht Cc: Gerhard Mack , LKML , Xavier Bestel , Alan Cox , Hugo Mills , Nix , Anshuman Gholap , Diego Calleja , Toon van der Pas , arjan@infradead.org In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0511071001s2d990e72s812c195d5614a894@mail.gmail.com> References: <1131112605.14381.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1131349343.2858.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1131367371.14381.91.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20051107152009.GA20807@shuttle.vanvergehaald.nl> <20051107180045.ec86a7f2.diegocg@gmail.com> <1131384624.14381.106.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1131386032.14381.110.camel@localhost.localdomain> <5bdc1c8b0511071001s2d990e72s812c195d5614a894@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Kihon Technologies Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:15:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1131387317.14381.119.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1879 Lines: 56 On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 10:01 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote: Mark thanks for the update. > > Steven, > Hi . I run my ATI PCI_Express card on a 64-bit kernel. (2.6.14-rt6) > It works fine for my needs, although as I said earlier my glxgears > numbers are nothing to shout about: > > 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 > 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)] > 0000:01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV370 [Radeon X300SE] > > mark@lightning ~ $ glxgears > Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0". > 3170 frames in 5.0 seconds = 634.000 FPS > 3416 frames in 5.0 seconds = 683.200 FPS > 3294 frames in 5.0 seconds = 658.800 FPS These aren't too shabby, but then again compared to my NVidia (non-rt obviously) with their binary driver): 0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800 GT] (rev a1) $ glxgears 49961 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9992.200 FPS 48599 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9719.800 FPS 55592 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11118.400 FPS 47395 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9479.000 FPS What do you get with the ATI binary driver? > > mark@lightning ~ $ > > I'm using the radeon driver from the Xorg-X11 package. The only > problem I've run into which remains unsolved is that when I run either > Quicken or IE6 under Crossover Office 5.0 all of the icons in those > windows programs show up in black and white, not color, so they are > somewhat unreadable. Other than that no real problems. > Sorry, I can't help you there. I don't have access to IE or Quicken (well, it's on my wife's computer, but she won't let me put Linux on it! :-( -- Steve - 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/