fglrx vs radeon drivers

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b_nutzer · Post by **b_nutzer** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 12:39 pm

I used radeon drivers for my Ati-Mobility X700 and my fps-count with glxgears was about 3900 fps.
Now with the ati-driver package I get 2500 fps. I changed it, because I need aticonf to set powerstates.

My questions are:
*Whats the difference between these drivers?
*And is it possible to get the same result with my fglrx driver?

thanks for reading :>

PS: sry for my english

psycepa · Post by **psycepa** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:10 pm

AFAIAO fglrx are drivers directly from ati and radeon are OS drivers made by mentally healthy people

wynn · Post by **wynn** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:22 pm

There are threads which point out that glxgears is not a benchmark.

In the same threads posters have said that their glxgears fps are less with the ati drivers.

Posters suggest using game demos for real benchmarking.

b_nutzer · Post by **b_nutzer** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:05 pm

I know that glxgears isn't a real benchmark.
Also Quake 3 runs much slower ;-;

Darknight · Post by **Darknight** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:30 pm

Did you switch opengl to the implementation of the new drivers?

j79zlr · Post by **j79zlr** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:59 pm

How did you get 3D rendering for an X700 with the open source drivers?

b_nutzer · Post by **b_nutzer** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:07 am

j79zlr wrote:How did you get 3D rendering for an X700 with the open source drivers?

I followed up by this guide: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-37 ... t-ati.html

Darknight wrote:Did you switch opengl to the implementation of the new drivers?

How do you mean that?

micmac · Post by **micmac** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:34 pm

b_nutzer wrote:
j79zlr wrote:How did you get 3D rendering for an X700 with the open source drivers?
I followed up by this guide: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-37 ... t-ati.html

Darknight wrote:Did you switch opengl to the implementation of the new drivers?
How do you mean that?

eselect set opengl ati && env-update

Darknight · Post by **Darknight** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:40 pm

Code: Select all

eselect opengl list
eselect opengl set ati

Get a list of installed opengl implementations, set the ati proprietary one, respectively.

b_nutzer · Post by **b_nutzer** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:48 pm

eselect opengl set ati

Yes, i did it after i had emerged the driver.

Darknight · Post by **Darknight** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:49 am

Check your logs for any warning or error.
Check your xorg.conf
You did update it after you installed the ati drivers, right? I don't mean just changing the loaded modules, there's a LOT of options that are ati-drivers specific in my xorg.conf for example. Actually I made a new one from scratch with some ati script and then merged with the old one.