On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 20:56, James Drabb wrote: > On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 10:02, Don Levey wrote: > > Unfortunately, I've got the Radeon 9600 Pro, which apparently doesn't offer > > 3D support in Linux. My output from glxgears averages around 95-100 fps. I > > haven't tried at 16-bit depth yet. > > -Don > > Have you tried the Linux Radeon driver? I thought I read that it > supports up to the 9600's. Yep - tried it. The entire machine freezes when starting X. Curiously enough, using the generic VESA driver I get about 350 fps running glxgears - approx 3.5 times faster than using the ATI-supplied drivers. Interestingly, I changed the color depth to 16-bit and the fps reduced to 74. -Don
