2006/3/30, Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Jack Howarth wrote: > > Has anyone installed the new xorg-x11-drv-fglrx-8.23.7-4.lvn5 > > and kmod-fglrx-smp-8.23.7-4.2.6.16_1.2080_FC5 yet? I find that these > > drivers seem to slow the desktop performance of the machine. The > > glxgears rate of the fglrx driver (set with the ati-fglrx-config-display > > tool) is only 1500 fps compared to 1833 fps with the stock xorg radeon > > driver. Beyond that the fglrx driver seems to make the machine much > > less responsive (windows open slower, etc). Reverting back to the > > radeon drivers was much more usable. Also I would note that the disable > > feature of ati-fglrx-config-display is broken. It will set your xorg.conf > > to the 'ati' driver and not the 'radeon' setting that is kept in the > > xorg.conf.backup-ati-fglrx backup file. It also drops the... > > > > Load "dri" > > > > when you disable the fglrx driver and adds an Overlay line which wasn't > > in the original. If you didn't make a backup of xorg.conf before > > enabling the fglrx driver, you can revert back with the Display > > control panel. > > An excellent analysis. The Bugs should be submitted to > http://bugzilla.livna.org/ > > -- Rex > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > glxgears isnt a benchmark. trying with some better test case might show different results (like a real game). regards, Rudolf Kastl
