Re: No 3D acceleration for Radeon X1250 (RS690)?
Kelly Clowers wrote:
> 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
Thanks Kelly. Could you tell me precisely which driver works with 3D and
I'll give it a try.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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