From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 18:30:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6249010656C0 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:30:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4BF48FC21 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:30:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n3HIUUm1043744; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:30:30 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 232C8BA8B; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:30:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:30:30 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Aniruddha Message-ID: <20090417183030.GB80313@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <49E8B41E.9070401@redmijncomputer.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49E8B41E.9070401@redmijncomputer.nl> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems watching video with the Radeon HD 3850 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:30:34 -0000 --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 06:53:50PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > First of all I must say I'm impressed by the latest stable freebsd=20 > release (7.1). A lot of hardware which didn't work before now works out= =20 > of the box :) I only have problems watching video, it feels sluggish=20 > and there frequently runs a stripe through my screen. Which settings=20 > (and driver) do I need to use in order solve this? I now use the=20 > radeonhd driver. I have a Radeon HD 3850 (RV670PRO) card . Thanks in=20 > advance! For the best performance, you'll have to update to a recent 7-STABLE, or wait for the upcoming 7.2 release. The kernel support code for graphics chips has been updated since the release of 7.1.=20 With this update you should get hardware accellerated 2D from you video card. 3D hardware accelleration for R6xx chips is not complete yet, AFAIK. The xf86-video-radeonhd driver works best, in my experience. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAknoysYACgkQEnfvsMMhpyU9hwCZAZ8biuF5MG8SX2XbwtfJFFw1 G/gAl1O/c6X2pVKAaqbLL4IeVqC5dyE= =pKY5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mojUlQ0s9EVzWg2t--