Re: No 3D acceleration for Radeon X1250 (RS690)?
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 07:53, Jonathan Kaye <jdkaye10@gmail.com> wrote:
> Kelly Clowers wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 00:11, Jonathan Kaye <jdkaye10@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> <snip
>>
>>> I assume you mean a Mobility Radeon X1200 card. You can go to the ATI
>>> site here:
>>> http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
>>> and get the most recent driver that supports your card (8.10 does support
>>> X1200 but I'm not sure about 8.11). Remove the old drivers and install
>>> this one and your 3D acceleration should start working.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>> It seems like bad policy to recommend closed drivers
>> if the open driver may work :-)
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kelly Clowers
> I agree with you, Kelly, if the open source worked. I've had a Radeon 9550
> for years and tried the open source drivers periodically and have never got
> the 3D Acceleration to work using them. Maybe one day it will but until
> then ...
My Radeon 9550 works great with OSS drivers. Tux racer and
Quake 3 both play fine. And there are reports of the rs690 working.
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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