Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:06:14 -0400 From: Ean Kingston <ean@istop.com> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3d acceleration support for ATI or other Message-ID: <809578AE-1338-43EC-9B4A-4EB9A3EF9D9B@istop.com> In-Reply-To: <08A384A8-2705-40C9-980B-01DECE7CD7D8@istop.com> References: <80D27029-6F7D-4026-BE29-FAB951CF918D@istop.com> <08A384A8-2705-40C9-980B-01DECE7CD7D8@istop.com>
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On Aug 10, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Ean Kingston wrote: > Sorry, I hit the wrong reply button. > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Ean Kingston <ean@istop.com> >> Date: August 10, 2007 5:52:34 PM EDT (CA) >> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> >> Subject: Re: 3d acceleration support for ATI or other >> >> >> On Aug 10, 2007, at 7:28 AM, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:31:44 +0200 >>> Philipp Ost <pj@smo.de> wrote: >>> >>>> Norberto Meijome wrote: >>> >>>>> [snipped] >>>>> OTOH, you can check xorg 7.2 support for 3d cards - if I >>>>> understand it >>>>> correctly, the 9550 is part of the r300 driver [url snipped]. >>>> >>>> That's right, but the X.org radeon driver only supports 3D >>>> acceleration >>>> up to the rv280. See 'man radeon' for more details ;-) >>> >>> The radeon driver in modular xorg has experimental 3D acceleration >>> for r300 and r400 cards. >>> >>> [...] >> >> Does it work and how difficult is it to get the video card working >> properly? >> >> [Note:] Based on other information I found, I returned the ATI >> 9550 and got a moderately more expensive GeForce 9600 card because >> there is much more information about getting them working. >> Unfortunately, it is generating vertical fuzzy lines that I can't >> get rid of. >> Then I realized I needed to adjust the monitor, not the video settings.
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