Re: [ANNOUNCE] New ATI drivers available
--- csj <csj@zapo.net> escribió:
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 03:08:11 +0200 (CEST), Roberto Sanchez wrote:
>
> > I just checked out the ATI website, and they have some new
> > linux drivers. The new version is 3.2.5, with versions for
> > Xfree86 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3. I just installed the drivers and
> > built the new kernel module, and I can already see that things
> > have improved (no more segfaults when running fgl_glxgears, and
> > about a 2% boost in fps in the vanilla glxgears program). I
> > think that they are well woth the effort, especially if you
> > have a newer card.
>
> Since you bothered announcing this, a direct link would have been
> nice ;-).
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firegl/fglrx-glc22-4.1.0-3.2.5.i586.rpm (XFree 4.1)
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firegl/fglrx-glc22-4.2.0-3.2.5.i586.rpm (XFree 4.2)
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firegl/fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.5.i586.rpm (XFree 4.3)
and the README is at:
http://www2.ati.com/drivers/firegl/readme0325.txt
Would anybody buy the "I'm a newbie" defense? I didn't think so :-)
>
> How superior are these drivers to the opensource drivers produced
> by the DRI project <http://dri.sourceforge.net/>? Also, what
> version of gcc did you use? I have a lowly Radeon 7000.
>
I track Sid, so I used gcc 3.3.2 (but the kernel was compiled with 3.3.1 since
it has been a couple of months and I have to stay on the 2.4.20 kernel for
now).
As far as superiority to the DRI drivers, they are a million times better. But
that is mostly because the DRI driver are non-funtional on my system. I think
it has to do with the nVidia nForce2 AGPGART and the ATi video card combo.
After I bought them I heard that there were some problems with that particular
mix.
After reading the README, it looks like the new driver only functions with
the Radeon 8500 and newer.
-Roberto
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