Compatible graphic card

[Steven Moix]

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 :/

Btw, I wrote a quick "problems that everybody has" guide about AC3 it on my wiki: http://www.alphatek.info/index.php/Alpha_EV56_PC164LX_AlphaCore_3

Steven

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:50:11 +0100, Steven Moix <steven.moix at axianet.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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