Re: Compatible graphic card

On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 03:03:39PM +0100, Steven Moix
wrote:
>
> So, I received my new radeon (an RV100) and installed
it with the
> xorg-x11-drv-ati rpm and it's much better than the
Matrox. I'm just
> wondering if there is something else to do, Gnome is
still quite slow
> when moving windows around :/

Well, first off, make sure that the Module Section of
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
contains:

	Load	"dri"

Then, install "glx-utils", and use the command
"glxinfo" to see if it is
using DRI/DRM by looking for:

	direct rendering: yes

and

	OpenGL renderer string: XXXXX  (where XXX is *not*
"Indirect")

One other way to speed the screen up is NOT to use Gnome or
KDE, but something
a little more light weight, like XFce os some such.

Now, some fun things with 3D are:

1. "ppracer", the old TuxRacer, should be in the
FCx Extras, IIRC.
2. SuperTux
3. the GL screensavers that go with the
"xscreensaver" package (in AC3)

Unfortunately, the LX prolly doesn't have the horsepower for
something like
"compiz" or "beryl"... :-

> Btw, I wrote a quick "problems that everybody
has" guide about AC3
> it on my wiki:
    http://www.alphatek.info/index.php/Alpha_EV56_P
C164LX_AlphaCore_3

Nice write-up, Steven.

Couple of notes:

1. You may want to go back to PS2 mouse, and remove the USB
card, unless you're
   going to use it for othjer things, as there's no PCI slot
left for
   a sound card. Be aware, I hung my LX booting up with an
ISA AWE64 in it, so
   I'm not sure how good the ISA support is... :-

> 
> Steven
> 
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:50:11 +0100, Steven Moix
<steven.moixaxianet.ch> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I don't need 3D performance, just an usable GUI
(the Matrox cards are
> > horrible). So I ordered a Radeon 7000...more
testings and news next
> > WE 
> > 
> > Steven
> > 
> > On Mar 11, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> > 
> >> On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 12:03:05PM +0100,
Steven Moix wrote:
> >>>
> >>
> >>> With AC3's recent release it's time to
upgrade my PC164LX system,
> >>> the good old Matrox Millenium is very
sluggish under Gnome and I'm
> >>> shopping for a replacement. I was looking
at a 64MB ATI Radeon 7000
> >>> PCI from Sapphire, you can get them for
about 30??? on eBay. My
> >>> question is quite obvious: do these cards
work on 164LX systems?
> >>
> >> Currently, all Radeons I've tested EXCEPT the
original R100/7200
> >> appear to work just fine under AC3 (the
problem and fix with R100/7200
> >> is known, but not in our code base); and they
all are capable of
> >> running 3D apps, though "compiz" is
a bit of a stretch, still... ;-}
> >>
> >> Those that have been successful for me are:
> >>
> >> 	RV100 aka 7000/VE
> >> 	RV200 aka 7500
> >> 	R200  aka 9100
> >> 	RV280 aka 9250
> >>
> >> Most have 64MB of memory; although the 9250
has 256, I've not noticed
> >> any benefit so far... :-
> >>
> >> Some are 64-bit memory bus (7000 and some
7500s), the others are
> >> 128-bit bus, and thus have the capability of
better performance.
> >>
> >> A while ago, the 7000 support was a bit
unstable on Alpha, but the
> >> current support seems pretty solid.
> >>
> >> Note for those with Alphas that have working
AGP support, the R300
> >> based 9700/FireGL X1 appear to be supported by
the same ATI driver
> >> code base we are using
(xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-1, for FC6); I'm going
> >> to try putting one in an AGP-capable ES45 and
see what happens... 
> >>
> >> Good luck.
> >>
> >>  --Jay++
> >>
> >>
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