Gordon Messmer wrote:
On 11/17/2010 08:33 AM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Now I can select enhanced effects for video, and they work fine (for values of
> fine considering I wanted to see if they work, not that I want them on).
> However, the display is still dog slow, glxgears runs at 60fps, video is jerky,
> etc. So the "better" video now doesn't crash, does provide effects I
don't need,
> and is still too slow to be useful, even on a non-game machine. So much for not
> using vendor drivers.
Examine /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Make sure it's loading the "radeon"
driver. If you don't feel comfortable interpreting the file, post it
somewhere that others can see it.
I don't have an R700 based card, so I don't know too much about their
support level. The F13 release notes indicated that 3D support for that
chipset had been added. I'd expect F14 to have somewhat improved drivers...
As noted above, I have 3D effects, should I ever find any joy at all in wobbling
windows, I can have them, the cube effect is a bit interesting, but hardly a
reason to use a driver which is otherwise slow.
IIRC the vendor driver gave me ~600fps under my previous Fedora release, and the
vesa drivers gets to ~200fps (that from notes, machine is being used for "real
work" ATM).
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