Compatible graphic card

Sat Mar 24 10:20:28 UTC 2007

Thanks for your detailed explanation, the conclusion is that a 164LX system is simply at its limit :)

As soud card I had a SoundBlaster Vibra 16 (model CT4170) but it never worked well under any linux distro...so I gave up and don't care much to have sound :)

Steven

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:02:36 -0500, Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook at hp.com> wrote:
> 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_PC164LX_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.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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