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Lupin_the_3rd Apprentice
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: DRI on alpha XP1000 |
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I have a Radeon 9100 (r200 based) video card in my XP1000. It has 64 MB of RAM on it. DRI is working just fine with this card, but it's not the fastest thing in the world. (About 580 fps in glxgears).
Does anyone know what is the newest/fastest video card that works with DRI on Alpha platforms? There surely must be something better than this radeon 9100...
TIA _________________ Compaq XP1000 Alpha EV67 667Mhz w/ 2GB ECC
32bit PCI: ATI Radeon 9100 (DRI works!)
32bit PCI: Generic Firewire 400 card
64bit PCI: BCM5703 Gig-E (Compaq NC7771)
64bit PCI: Sil3124 SATA w/ mdadm RAID1 (pair of WD VelociRaptors)
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alex.blackbit Advocate
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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the xorg drivers should tell you which chips they support. |
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Lupin_the_3rd Apprentice
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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alex.blackbit wrote: | the xorg drivers should tell you which chips they support. |
Quite true, although that's a completely different thing from which boards work with DRI or not, which was my question. _________________ Compaq XP1000 Alpha EV67 667Mhz w/ 2GB ECC
32bit PCI: ATI Radeon 9100 (DRI works!)
32bit PCI: Generic Firewire 400 card
64bit PCI: BCM5703 Gig-E (Compaq NC7771)
64bit PCI: Sil3124 SATA w/ mdadm RAID1 (pair of WD VelociRaptors) |
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mattst88 Developer
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:17 am Post subject: |
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Sorry to bring up a dead thread, but I saw the question wasn't answered.
Wikipedia has a table of Radeon cores. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units#Radeon_R200_series
I assume your box only has PCI slots (ie, no AGP). If this is the case, then R200 Radeons are the newest you can get. From that chart, it looks like the Radeon 9100 is the fastest available card. (Radeon 9100 is also extremely hard to find)
Edit: no they're not. See below
Have you tried running Quake 3? If so, how does it perform?
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Lupin_the_3rd Apprentice
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Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I do have a PCI Radeon 9100. (No AGP on this machine) It works well with DRI and gets very nice FPS on the GLX screen savers. I have not tried Quake3 or any other games. _________________ Compaq XP1000 Alpha EV67 667Mhz w/ 2GB ECC
32bit PCI: ATI Radeon 9100 (DRI works!)
32bit PCI: Generic Firewire 400 card
64bit PCI: BCM5703 Gig-E (Compaq NC7771)
64bit PCI: Sil3124 SATA w/ mdadm RAID1 (pair of WD VelociRaptors) |
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mattst88 Developer
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Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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It seems there are R500 based PCI Radeons. News to me.
http://products.amd.com/en-us/GraphicCardFilter.aspx <-- Select Bus Type: PCI
There are X1050, X1300, and X1550 Radeons!
Search eBay for "x1550 pci -express -'pci-e'" to find X1550s.
Now, R500 3D support is still in development, and radeonfb wont work with R500s, but once support is there, they may be faster than a 9100. The hardware itself obviously is faster and supports many more features.
I bought a DS20L (Dual 833 MHz, 2GB RAM) and an X1550 PCI card. Once I get them and school affords me enough time to tinker, I'll let you know how it goes.
On another note, EXA is completely supported on R500, along with textured video. Kernel level modesetting for all Radeons should be finished in the next year, and by then 3D support for R500 should be at a level comparable to that of R300/R400 currently. |
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mattst88 Developer
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Lupin_the_3rd Apprentice
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:01 am Post subject: |
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Arise thread! Come back from the dead!
Browsing those bug report links, they all appear to have been resolved? I'm still using Radeon 9100 in both my XP1000's. Is it safe to upgrade to an X1550 or even an HD 2400 now? It seems the bugs have all been worked out, and the card should "just work" as the 9100 does? _________________ Compaq XP1000 Alpha EV67 667Mhz w/ 2GB ECC
32bit PCI: ATI Radeon 9100 (DRI works!)
32bit PCI: Generic Firewire 400 card
64bit PCI: BCM5703 Gig-E (Compaq NC7771)
64bit PCI: Sil3124 SATA w/ mdadm RAID1 (pair of WD VelociRaptors) |
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chithanh Developer
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mattst88 Developer
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Lupin_the_3rd wrote: | Arise thread! Come back from the dead!
Browsing those bug report links, they all appear to have been resolved? I'm still using Radeon 9100 in both my XP1000's. Is it safe to upgrade to an X1550 or even an HD 2400 now? It seems the bugs have all been worked out, and the card should "just work" as the 9100 does? |
Yeah, Kernel modesetting works. I've seen people with 5450s _________________ My Wiki page |
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LinuxFreakus n00b
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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I've had an old Radeon 9250 thats been laying around for a while, I have never been able to get it working in my AS1200 though because it does not support SRM firmware newer than what I've got on there already.
Just scored an ES40 on ebay for $190 shipped which I'm quite excited about. I am hoping the 9250 will work in there
I'll know more once I've had time to get it up and running, but I'll confirm in here one way or another. |
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Lupin_the_3rd Apprentice
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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$190 shipped for an ES40? Wow. I'm guessing the auction price was $1, with $189 in shipping? Those things are way big and heavy. _________________ Compaq XP1000 Alpha EV67 667Mhz w/ 2GB ECC
32bit PCI: ATI Radeon 9100 (DRI works!)
32bit PCI: Generic Firewire 400 card
64bit PCI: BCM5703 Gig-E (Compaq NC7771)
64bit PCI: Sil3124 SATA w/ mdadm RAID1 (pair of WD VelociRaptors) |
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LinuxFreakus n00b
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Lupin_the_3rd wrote: | $190 shipped for an ES40? Wow. I'm guessing the auction price was $1, with $189 in shipping? Those things are way big and heavy. |
Hehe, I know... no reserve and it said free shipping... seller might be regretting that now, but its not my problem
It says the weight is 180 lbs, which is not too terrible, the specs on the hp site say some configurations can be up to 260 lbs. I ordered a large generator from amazon last year and got free shipping with amazon prime... thing was so heavy the UPS guy was cursing at me when it came. |
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