Comments on: Playing again with the ATI proprietary driver http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/ Random things that interest me that I may want to remember later. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:29:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jdong http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-113 jdong Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:50:48 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-113 <p>It's still as bad as usual. I tried the new driver yesterday, it still cannot run Xgl at acceptable speeds especially with video, it sucks even more in AIGLX mode where firefox scrolling is excruciating.<br /> <br /> The 8.3* series with xserver-xgl still gives best Compiz performance. Using DISPLAY=:0 game_command can be used to launch fullscreen games with no performance impact.</p> It’s still as bad as usual. I tried the new driver yesterday, it still cannot run Xgl at acceptable speeds especially with video, it sucks even more in AIGLX mode where firefox scrolling is excruciating.

The 8.3* series with xserver-xgl still gives best Compiz performance. Using DISPLAY=:0 game_command can be used to launch fullscreen games with no performance impact.

]]> By: matthew http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-112 matthew Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:50:23 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-112 <p>Hmm. Well, I read the phoronix forum link georg supplied (thank you, btw). The bummer is that my laptop's native resolution is 1400x1050, like many of the people having problems. It seems likely I will have to wait until January to get a usable and new fglrx driver...or perhaps until after Duke Nukem Forever comes out... I am following the development of the open driver as well and would love to see that take the lead.</p> Hmm. Well, I read the phoronix forum link georg supplied (thank you, btw). The bummer is that my laptop’s native resolution is 1400×1050, like many of the people having problems. It seems likely I will have to wait until January to get a usable and new fglrx driver…or perhaps until after Duke Nukem Forever comes out… I am following the development of the open driver as well and would love to see that take the lead.

]]> By: Ross Peoples http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-111 Ross Peoples Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:43:02 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-111 <p>I tried that new driver using the newest Envy to install it. This was two days ago. Whenever I logged in, the entire screen turned white and the only thing I could see was the mouse pointer. I had to drop into single user mode and remove the driver before I could use Gnome. I have an X850 Platinum Edition, running a 24-inch (widescreen) LCD.<br /> <br /> The only thing I don't like about open source driver (aside from video playback problems) is that it makes everything so bright and white-washed. So I'm stuck with the older fglrx driver like most.</p> I tried that new driver using the newest Envy to install it. This was two days ago. Whenever I logged in, the entire screen turned white and the only thing I could see was the mouse pointer. I had to drop into single user mode and remove the driver before I could use Gnome. I have an X850 Platinum Edition, running a 24-inch (widescreen) LCD.

The only thing I don’t like about open source driver (aside from video playback problems) is that it makes everything so bright and white-washed. So I’m stuck with the older fglrx driver like most.

]]> By: georg http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-110 georg Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:34:31 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-110 <p>A discussion about the new driver can be found here: <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7007#post20695" title="http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7007#post20695" rel="nofollow">www.phoronix.com/forums/s...</a><br /> <br /> I think the dealbreaker this time is, that some widescreen resolutions (and 1400x1050) don't work at all and there are still huge problems with dualhead-setups.<br /> I honestly don't understand how they get their drivers through QA.<br /> <br /> If those problems don't concern you, I would give it a shot, there are some nice bugfixes included.<br /> </p> A discussion about the new driver can be found here: http://www.phoronix.com/forums/s...

I think the dealbreaker this time is, that some widescreen resolutions (and 1400×1050) don’t work at all and there are still huge problems with dualhead-setups.
I honestly don’t understand how they get their drivers through QA.

If those problems don’t concern you, I would give it a shot, there are some nice bugfixes included.

]]> By: Dareus http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-109 Dareus Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:07:00 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-109 <p>I'm using ati open driver and it work quite fine with my xpress200m (laptop-integrated) but i can't have compiz working... That's painful</p> I’m using ati open driver and it work quite fine with my xpress200m (laptop-integrated) but i can’t have compiz working… That’s painful

]]> By: yoshi314 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-108 yoshi314 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:17:28 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-108 <p>fglrx sucks as usual. my hope rests with opensource efforts (radeonhd,radeon)</p> fglrx sucks as usual. my hope rests with opensource efforts (radeonhd,radeon)

]]> By: ulrich http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-107 ulrich Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:08:11 +0000 http://matthewhelmke.net/wordpress/2007/12/21/playing-again-with-the-ati-proprietary-driver/#comment-107 <p>i don't want to sound mean, but the new fglrx is just the same mess as always. compiz is way too slow, scrolling in firefox is hell, video is only visible in fullscreenmode, and so on... i'm back on plain old radeon/ati.</p> i don’t want to sound mean, but the new fglrx is just the same mess as always. compiz is way too slow, scrolling in firefox is hell, video is only visible in fullscreenmode, and so on… i’m back on plain old radeon/ati.

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