Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965295AbVKGTIQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:08:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965299AbVKGTIQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:08:16 -0500 Received: from mtl.rackplans.net ([65.39.167.249]:4530 "HELO innerfire.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965295AbVKGTIN (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:08:13 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:08:12 -0500 (EST) From: Gerhard Mack To: Mark Knecht cc: Steven Rostedt , LKML , Xavier Bestel , Alan Cox , Hugo Mills , Nix , Anshuman Gholap , Diego Calleja , Toon van der Pas , arjan@infradead.org Subject: Re: 3D video card recommendations In-Reply-To: <5bdc1c8b0511071031rab52810k1776907af8bb3e69@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: 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> <1131387317.14381.119.camel@localhost.localdomain> <5bdc1c8b0511071031rab52810k1776907af8bb3e69@mail.gmail.com> 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: 2832 Lines: 78 On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Mark Knecht wrote: > Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 10:31:35 -0800 > From: Mark Knecht > To: Steven Rostedt > Cc: Gerhard Mack , LKML , > Xavier Bestel , > Alan Cox , Hugo Mills , > Nix , Anshuman Gholap , > Diego Calleja , > Toon van der Pas , arjan@infradead.org > Subject: Re: 3D video card recommendations > > On 11/7/05, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > 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? > > Last time I tried (circa 2.6.14-rc3-rtX) it didn't load correctly. > Note that this was the ati-drivers package from portage and not an ATI > driver package from ATI so possibly that was part of the problem. > > I should probably try again one of these days but high speed graphics > are not an issue for me on this machine. It's used for audio work > mostly. > > Cheers, > Mark Not worth trying. I spent a couple weeks with ATI tech support trying to get it working with no luck. It can work with a 32 bit kernel with some patching but won't work at all with a 64 bit kernel. Gerhard -- Gerhard Mack gmack@innerfire.net <>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing. - 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/