Video cards ( was Re: [H-GEN] Toshiba notebook.)

[Byron Ellacott]

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On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 13:20, Sandra Milne wrote:
> This is something I've been meaning to ask about. I want to purchase a 
> Radeon 9700. (I am really sick of NVidia products, but that's a whole 
> different post on a whole different list). I was curious if anyone has one 
> yet, and what the linux support is. I heard there are issues under windohs 
> xp, but I'd never run that patch on my system so i'm safe there. I will be 
> waiting for either a payrise (not happening) or a price drop on the ATI 
> products. (say, $300ish for the card) which is likely to be a while.

>From my XFree86 log:

(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) ATI Radeon VE rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/27, 0xdfef0000/16, I/O @ 0x9800/8, BIOS @ 0xdfec0000/17

I think that's an older version than the 9700 though :)

It's useful to note that ATI sponsored the development of the Open
Source Radeon driver, so it is to be expected that the entire family is
well supported.  The driver for my VE has blindingly fast 2D support
(faster than nVidia's binary only driver had ...) but the 3D performance
on the card is a little lacklustre - hardware is at fault for that.

There is a DRI driver, a GL module, and support for the dual head
capability, though I can't get my hands on a DVI-I to VGA cable to use
the second head anyway.

When I upgrade, it will be to whatever is the top of the line or near to
it in the Radeon family. ;)

-- 
bje

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