[ltp] xorg 6.8

Alex Deucher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:47:44 -0400


On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 21:33:37 +0200, Svein Larsen <svein@edbc.no> wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 21:24, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
> > I have an X31 with a Radeon Mobility M6 LY and I have the following in
> > my xorg.conf (6.8.0):
> >
> > Here glxgears only reports a dull 241.000 FPS... any ideas how I can
> > improve that?

unfortunately the IBM uses m6s with 32 bit memory busses on the X
series notebooks which grealy cuts performance.

> 
> I have no idea. I cant have AGPMode 4 and AGPFastWrite on at the same
> time.
> 
> Your DRI info:
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Radeon 20030328 AGP 4x x86/MMX/SSE2
> NO-TCL
> 
> Mine: (some difference but it doesnt tell me anything - i can see your
> have NO-TCL and mine TCL - dunno what it means)

Transform, Clipping, and Lighting.  m6 and VE don't have a TCL unit,
all others do.

> [root@localhost root]# glxinfo | grep -i render
> direct rendering: Yes
> OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI R200 20030328 AGP 1x x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL
> 
> [root@localhost root]# glxgears
> 5616 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1123.200 FPS

not 5616 fps, 1123 fps which is about right for an rv250 variant.

Alex

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> - Svein
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