[ltp] ATI driver

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 21:35:29 -0400, Paul Kaplan <pkaplan1@comcast.net> wrote:
> I've been using Mandrake 10 w/ X4.3 on both a TPT40 and R40.  Both have a
> Radeon 7500 video card.  Seems to work fine for me.  glxgears reports >175fps
> in both cases.

Make sure direct rendering is enabled.  it soulds like it isn't.

> 
> Does anyone know whether there is any advantage to installing the new ATI
> proprietary driver:
> http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html?type=linux&prodTy
> ?
> 
> What will it give me?

nothing.  ati's driver only supports r200 chips and above.  the 7500
is an r100 varient.

Alex

> TIA
> Paul
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