Is 3D Possible with Radeon 9800?
 

Hi I installed SuSe 9.1. I have trying to find out If 3D Possible with Radeon 9800?

I have reading all over some people say yes others no.
Could someone tell if it's possible or no.
..Thanks!!

Yes it definitely is.

Thats good news. what instrucions would i use?

To follow the instructions is to go insane. I suggest u hold back just a little bit longer, until ATI decides to make a better driver, thats a .bin, then a .rpm.

Bah! That's for the weak and timid! ;) I've installed ATI'd proprietary drivers successfully on two out of two computers so far. Hardly a representative sample I know, but it should be taken as a sign of hope.

There are instructions for installing the drivers on the ATI website, but essentially, you install the rpm (yes it already comes as an rpm) with rpm -iv --force --nodeps (make sure kernel source is installed first), then do:

su -
<your password here>
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
chmod u+x make.sh
./make.sh
cd ..
chmod u+x make_install.sh
./make_install.sh
exit

and then startx.

And if that doesn't work then do this after you install the RPM.

# modprobe agpgart
# modprobe fglrx

And if you have an Nforce mobo do this too...

# modprobe nforce (or similar, I kinda forgot, damn ill reply back if this is wrong. It shouldn't be)

First, Thank for respondeing. I'll try and follow your guys advice, if I run into a problem i'll let you know.

Thanks...

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. I do have an NForce motherboard, and the correct module is:

modprobe nvidia-agp

I found it most convenient to compile this into the kernel, but it works as a module too. Oh, one other thing: you want to use external agpgart, that is, in the config file you want:

UseInternalAgpgart "No"