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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro & Linux driver support?
Hello, I am debating if I should get a 9800 model or 9700 model. I
notice on http://www.ati.com/support/faq/linux.html#features ... 9800 isn't listed. Is anyone using 9800 in Linux? I have an old Red Hat Linux 7.2 system with compiled Kernel 2.4.20. I am worry if I buy a 9800, then I won't have a display driver for 2D and 3D (yes, I play games in Linux). Thank you in advance. -- "Lay a stick of bubble gum on an anthill for instant Siamese Ant Twins." --unknown /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant @ The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx | |o o| | E-mail: NT or NT \ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup. ( ) |
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"ANTant" == ANTant writes:
ANTant Hello, I am debating if I should get a 9800 model or 9700 model. I ANTant notice on http://www.ati.com/support/faq/linux.html#features ANTant ... 9800 isn't listed. Is anyone using 9800 in Linux? I have an old ANTant Red Hat Linux 7.2 system with compiled Kernel 2.4.20. I am worry if ANTant I buy a 9800, then I won't have a display driver for 2D and 3D (yes, ANTant I play games in Linux). I have 9800Pro and it works fine on Linux, X and all. Ok, I have not tried any games on it, but glxgears roll fine. I have Gentoo Linux, and it have a package media-video/ati-drivers, that comes with drivers for X. The drivers are fglrx, which is FireGL driver, but supports also normal cards. There was some problems on installing the driver, until I noticed that there can be no DRI or similar support compiled onto the kernel; the driver uses its own means. -- Arto V. Viitanen University of Tampere, Department of Computer Sciences Tampere, Finland http://www.cs.uta.fi/~av/ |
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In alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati Arto V. Viitanen wrote:
"ANTant" == ANTant writes: ANTant Hello, I am debating if I should get a 9800 model or 9700 model. I ANTant notice on http://www.ati.com/support/faq/linux.html#features ANTant ... 9800 isn't listed. Is anyone using 9800 in Linux? I have an old ANTant Red Hat Linux 7.2 system with compiled Kernel 2.4.20. I am worry if ANTant I buy a 9800, then I won't have a display driver for 2D and 3D (yes, ANTant I play games in Linux). I have 9800Pro and it works fine on Linux, X and all. Ok, I have not tried any games on it, but glxgears roll fine. I have Gentoo Linux, and it have a package media-video/ati-drivers, that comes with drivers for X. The drivers are fglrx, which is FireGL driver, but supports also normal cards. There was some problems on installing the driver, until I noticed that there can be no DRI or similar support compiled onto the kernel; the driver uses its own means. Is that what NVIDIA driver does too? Currently, I am using NVIDIA driver for my slow GeForce4 Ti4200 video card. What is glxgears? Is that a benchmark program? -- "Lay a stick of bubble gum on an anthill for instant Siamese Ant Twins." --unknown /\___/\ / /\ /\ \ Ant @ The Ant Farm: http://antfarm.ma.cx | |o o| | E-mail: NT or NT \ _ / Remove ANT if replying by e-mail from a newsgroup. ( ) |
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Arto V. Viitanen wrote:
"ANTant" == ANTant writes: ANTant Hello, I am debating if I should get a 9800 model or 9700 model. I ANTant notice on http://www.ati.com/support/faq/linux.html#features ANTant ... 9800 isn't listed. Is anyone using 9800 in Linux? I have an old ANTant Red Hat Linux 7.2 system with compiled Kernel 2.4.20. I am worry if ANTant I buy a 9800, then I won't have a display driver for 2D and 3D (yes, ANTant I play games in Linux). I have 9800Pro and it works fine on Linux, X and all. Ok, I have not tried any games on it, but glxgears roll fine. I have Gentoo Linux, and it have a package media-video/ati-drivers, that comes with drivers for X. The drivers are fglrx, which is FireGL driver, but supports also normal cards. Yep - also available from ATIs site. There was some problems on installing the driver, until I noticed that there can be no DRI or similar support compiled onto the kernel; the driver uses its own means. Indeed... DRM support in Kernel 2.4 is for Xfree86 4.1.x Incidentally, the latest dev versions of Xree86, 4.3.99.8 onwards support the R350 core in the radeon driver. I've FUBAR'd my installaton though and can't fire up enlightenment 'cos libXxf86vm is missing or something. Ben -- I'm not just a number. To many, I'm known as a String... |
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:59:50 -0500, wrote:
What is glxgears? Is that a benchmark program? glgears is included with most modern distros, you run it from a command prompt and while drawing the graphics it reports the framerate. Its not great for benchmarking, but a framerate in the several hundreds indicates 3D acceleration is working. -- Andrew. To email unscramble & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: Check groups.google.com before asking a question. Don't top post. Trim your messages to include only relevent text. |
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spamtrap@localhost wrote in message . ..
On 12 Sep 2003 10:08:33 +0300, (Arto V. Viitanen) wrote: I have 9800Pro and it works fine on Linux, X and all. Ok, I have not tried any games on it, but glxgears roll fine. I have Gentoo Linux, and it have a package media-video/ati-drivers, that comes with drivers for X. The drivers are fglrx, which is FireGL driver, but supports also normal cards. What sort of framerate are you getting with glgears? About 530 FPS with default resolution. When I maximize the window (I use resolution 1600x1200), I get 29.2 FPS. Arto Viitanen |
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Arto Viitanen wrote:
spamtrap@localhost wrote in message . .. On 12 Sep 2003 10:08:33 +0300, (Arto V. Viitanen) wrote: I have 9800Pro and it works fine on Linux, X and all. Ok, I have not tried any games on it, but glxgears roll fine. I have Gentoo Linux, and it have a package media-video/ati-drivers, that comes with drivers for X. The drivers are fglrx, which is FireGL driver, but supports also normal cards. What sort of framerate are you getting with glgears? About 530 FPS with default resolution. When I maximize the window (I use resolution 1600x1200), I get 29.2 FPS. Are those numbers from the standard glxgears (image of three rotating gears) or from ATI's fgl_glxgears (image of three rotating gears on each side of a rotating cube)? They seem awfully low numbers for the standard glxgears. |
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:45:27 -0400, John-Paul Stewart
wrote: About 530 FPS with default resolution. When I maximize the window (I use resolution 1600x1200), I get 29.2 FPS. Are those numbers from the standard glxgears (image of three rotating gears) or from ATI's fgl_glxgears (image of three rotating gears on each side of a rotating cube)? They seem awfully low numbers for the standard glxgears. I am new to the ATI world, and don't have Linux setup on my gaming machine, so I can't test it, but 29fps doesn't sound right, I think that is software rendering. -- Andrew. To email unscramble & remove spamtrap. Help make Usenet a better place: Check groups.google.com before asking a question. Don't top post. Trim your messages to include only relevent text. |
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spamtrap@localhost wrote:
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:45:27 -0400, John-Paul Stewart wrote: About 530 FPS with default resolution. When I maximize the window (I use resolution 1600x1200), I get 29.2 FPS. Are those numbers from the standard glxgears (image of three rotating gears) or from ATI's fgl_glxgears (image of three rotating gears on each side of a rotating cube)? They seem awfully low numbers for the standard glxgears. I am new to the ATI world, and don't have Linux setup on my gaming machine, so I can't test it, but 29fps doesn't sound right, I think that is software rendering. 530 FPS sounds about right for the fgl_glxgears test; it is vastly more complex than the normal glxgears benchmark. I could believe 29 FPS number for 1600x1200 resolution on a Radeon 9800, I guess. FWIW, I'm running an ATI FireGL X1 256MB card. I get about 690 FPS from fgl_glxgears in the default window or 320 FPS at 1280x1024 maximized window. So at least the previous poster's 530 FPS number sounds reasonable for his card under fgl_glxgears. Using the "ordinary" glxgears I get over 4500 FPS in the default window, dropping to 520 FPS full screen. |
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