VIA KT133 (PCI) latency problems?
about a year ago, before i started using linux, there was talk of pci (i think) latency problems on motherboards with VIA chipsets (KT133 & KT266 i think), and a windows patch appeared. Now i'm using mandrake 9.2 with kernel 2.6.5, and have just installed a Radeon 9500 Pro (128MB), after a lot of hassle, it seems to be working, but i keep getting 'stuttering' when i'm gaming. The whole thing seems to lock up for about a quarter of a second about every 10 seconds or so.
Is this an issue related to this? Has anyone had these problems and found a solution? I'd really appreciate some help :)
lspci output:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133] (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8363/8365 [KT133/KM133 AGP]
00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 22)
00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 10)
00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 10)
00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 30)
00:09.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
00:09.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41)
00:09.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02)
00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 07)
00:0b.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev 07)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 NE [Radeon 9500 Pro]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R300 [Radeon 9500 Pro] (Secondary)
lsmod output:
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Module Size Used by
fglrx 201604 141
agpgart 26344 0
ip_nat_irc 3248 0
ip_nat_ftp 4016 0
ip_conntrack_irc 70324 1 ip_nat_irc
ip_conntrack_ftp 71028 1 ip_nat_ftp
floppy 55316 0
Thanks!
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