installing new Ati Radeon 7000 w? fc2

[Clint Harshaw]

HD wrote:
> I currently have a nvidia TNT2 video card installed on my system (using 
> just the nv driver) but I'm planning to replace it with a Ati Radeon 
> 7000. I am running Fedora Core 2. Will the new card be automatically 
> detected? Should I make any changes to xorg.conf *before* installing the 
> new card? Is there anything else I should be aware of before making this 
> change?
> 
> Thanks!

I just finished building a new box for FC2 with these specs:
ASUS A7V8X-X mobo
ASUS ATI Radeon 7000 video card
Antec Sonata case
Vantec Round Cables
Teac DVD/CDRW

and the FC2 installation went smoothly once I updated the BIOS (doh!). 
Graphics are smooth, though I would say that they are not *quite* as 
smooth as the graphics on my FC1 machine with a 64MB nvidia card. There 
is also some issue that my OpenGL screensavers are having with 
'grabbing' the screen -- for instance, the Ant Spotlight isn't showing 
the spotlight...just the ant. Additionally, there is something fishy 
with the way Chromium is playing: the sound plays at a tempo that varies 
with the intensity of the graphics. Neither of these issues showed up 
with my nvidia card and FC1. TuxRacer works fine as does Celestia with 
the ATI Radeon 7000.

My friend who built his FC2 box at the same time used a Gigabyte mobo 
and Gigabyte ATI Radeon 7000 video card, and he doesn't have the two 
issues I described.

Sorry that I can't help about the xorg.conf changes, but with a fresh 
install, FC2 picks up the card easily, and I have not made any changes 
to the default installed driver.

HTH,
Clint