Linux radeon performance

[David Balazic]

> [Directly cc'd to original poster, since the volume of this list makes 
> it impossible to follow anything, IMHO.  Sorry if this bothers you 
> David, but I wanted to be sure you caught my reply]
> 
> Robin Laing wrote:
> 
> > David Balazic wrote:
> >
> >> Just an info point :
> >>   - Fedora Core 1
> >>   - Radeon 8500LE
> >>   - Enemy Territory v2.56
> >>  = 35 fps
> >>
> >> after installing the ATI propietary driver :
> >>  = 76 fps
> >
> > I had a Radeon 9600 and I gave up trying to get it to work on the 
> > weekend.  Installed a Nvidia FX5600 and fully operational in less than 
> > an hour. :)
> 
> Hmm...I have an 8500LE, and it's running great at 2500+ FPS on FC1.
> 
> Checked my rpm database, and it looks like I did it with 
> fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.7.0.  What did you try to get it working David?
> 
I used to the same package. I had to edit
/lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agpgart_be.c and change
"via_generic_setup" to "via_kt400_setup" in _two_ places and the recompile.


> For reference, I'm also running FC1 on a couple of ThinkPad A31P laptops 
> (Radeon RV200 LX [Mobility FireGL 7800 M7]), and manage to get 1100+ 
> FPS, but only by dropping the $$ to replace XFree86 with Xig's 
> (www.xig.com) Summit X server.  There are some things compiled using 
> specific Mesa features that don't work, but it made the overall X 
> experience *much* better.
> 
> ~Jeff
>