[ltp] ATI driver

[Tino Keitel]

On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 00:55:28 -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
> 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.

According to <http://dri.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ATIRadeon>,
the 7500 is a r200 variant.

IIRC the fglrx driver supports everything which is newer than the
Radeon M6, which is used in my A30.

Regards,
Tino