Compatible graphic card

[Steven Moix]

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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