also need help w/ radeon 7000 + 2.6.9

bobbyseatbelt · 10-30-2004, 03:32 AM

i was following kersten78's thread but couldn't find an answer... heres the output of glxgears, first in default window, then fullscreen:

1000 frames in 5.0 seconds = 200.000 FPS
1125 frames in 5.0 seconds = 225.000 FPS
1000 frames in 5.0 seconds = 200.000 FPS
1000 frames in 5.0 seconds = 200.000 FPS
1125 frames in 5.0 seconds = 225.000 FPS
250 frames in 6.0 seconds = 41.667 FPS
124 frames in 12.0 seconds = 10.333 FPS
125 frames in 11.0 seconds = 11.364 FPS
125 frames in 9.0 seconds = 13.889 FPS

heres my info:

xorg.conf: xorg.conf
Xorg.0.log: Xorg.0.log
dmesg: dmesg
kernel .config: .config

running 2500+ barton on a NF2 mobo + 768mb of DDR400. only thing i had around for video was a radeon 7000. i was running with an radeonfb insted of the vesafb to try to get better performance out of X, but everything seemed about the same so i switched back to vesafb. i also tried the X -configure as suggested in the previous thread and i played around with that a little but no increase... im not really to sure what to do next. any help would be much appreciated! let me know if you need anything else

jimdaworm · 10-30-2004, 07:05 AM

Have you tried installing the drivers from ati.com?? I assume they work for the 7000 as well (I used to use them for my 9100)

bobbyseatbelt · 10-30-2004, 05:01 PM

lowest they show on their site is drivers for 8500 series... i was thinking about going to get a new card. everything i've seen in the stores around my house is way over priced (~$130 for fx5200) and i dont really feel like ordering off the net (my apt office is always freakin closed so i cant pick stuff up till the weekend usually). any suggestions?

jimdaworm · 10-31-2004, 05:21 AM

I would definitly recommend nvidia (just because their drivers seem to be much better). I had an ati 9100 for a long time and recently I bought a nvidia 5900xt and it has been great much less problems with the nvidia driver.

Also I think that maby some of the more budget cards are over priced for example I think an nvidia 5900xt 128mb its about $180 and its much more powerfull than the 5200. I recommend that you spend a little more and get the much more powerful card (IMHO)

Also if you do buy and 5900xt try and get one that comes pre overclocked like my Aopen

its so close the clock speed of the 5900 its silly!

As for where to buy them from if you live in North America there are some really great online shops with good reputations... like newegg (I think thats what its called)

This forum is really cool for info like whats the best to buy and where to buy it from.
www.motherboards.org

kersten78 · 11-02-2004, 10:39 AM

bobbyseatbelt, any luck yet?
One thing I noticed is a lack of DRI. And also, it seems that you're using the VESA driver rather than the radeon driver.
Your device section:

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "VESA Framebuffer"
    Driver      "vesa"
    #VideoRam    4096
    # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

My device section for the radeon:

Code:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Radeon7000"
    Driver      "radeon"
    VideoRam    32768
#    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option "EnablePageFlip" "true"
    Option "AGPMode" "4"
#    ChipID      0x5159
#    Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

Make sure AGP 4x is enabled in your bios, and also don't worry about the ChipID or BusID--they will be autodetected if you are using the radeon driver. From my tinkering, the options "AGPMode" and "EnablePageFlip" had no effect on performance, so I wouldn't bother with them either.
You must also change the screen section to reference the correct device identifier.
In your xorg.conf,

Code:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "VESA Framebuffer"
    Monitor     "My Monitor"

Device "VESA Framebuffer" should be changed to whatever you set as the identifier in your card's config section. Eg: my screen section references:
Device "Radeon7000"

Sorry this is long winded, but these things should definitely impact performance....your xorg.conf should load the DRI module. After the line: Load "glx", add a line: Load "dri"
Then at the end of you xorg.conf, add a section:

Code:

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

This makes sure dri works for all users and not just root, and it may not be necessary depending on you setup.

Note also that you must have dri in your kernel, either built-in or as a module.
Hope this helps, and post back if you run into problems.

kersten78 · 11-02-2004, 10:50 AM

I forgot to check out your kernel config. The lines

Code:

CONFIG_FB_RADEON=m
CONFIG_FB_RADEON_I2C=y

Are not necessary--in fact, they were messing with my vesa fb during boot. Big fonts, no logo, etc. The rest your frambuffer config looks fine.

Also, ignore the following from my previous post:

Quote:

Note also that you must have dri in your kernel, either built-in or as a module.

I don't have anything referring to DRI in my kernel config...

Good luck.