Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965299AbVKGTJR (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:09:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965311AbVKGTJQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:09:16 -0500 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.205]:43319 "EHLO xproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965301AbVKGTJO convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:09:14 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=I5FdzZhVwzAy7fWKdCAw6758bWgW5UPSkXDkp3rpFI+Dt5X3InEN1/RVvBXECz/w095N/CioVbKIFiLAEd710Ad4WaaZKFPQetpGCouw/K/xiEs4xYhFsybLFIXoC35d0gvzQcXvDTxIkLqXZr4CILKAvuw6apQu0KAshnIWTGc= Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0511071109x480ec811wb4681678d023c5a9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:09:14 -0800 From: Mark Knecht To: Gerhard Mack Subject: Re: 3D video card recommendations Cc: Steven Rostedt , LKML , Xavier Bestel , Alan Cox , Hugo Mills , Nix , Anshuman Gholap , Diego Calleja , Toon van der Pas , arjan@infradead.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: <1131112605.14381.34.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> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3055 Lines: 76 On 11/7/05, Gerhard Mack wrote: > 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 Thanks. I was just looking at emerge output and wondering if I wanted to mess with this. I didn't, but now I have a good reason! Thanks, Mark - 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/