Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:27:18 +0100 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario |
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Luke-Jr wrote:
>On Thursday 08 December 2005 08:14, you wrote: > > >>Luke-Jr wrote: >> >> >>>The ATi Radeon 9200 works fine... >>> >>> >>Lucky you. Mine doesn't. Using 3D on it makes the machine unstable, >>and the performance is apalling too. >> >> > >Hm, well I don't have DRI enabled on my primary desktop... just on a second >one dedicated to gaming. Not sure if that makes any difference... > > > >>So I'm looking for something else - a radeon 7000 is cheap . . . >> >> > >That'll outperform a 9200? ;) > > Actually yes, because something is clearly wrong. The pci 9200 SE can run tuxracer at 640x480 - not smooth but playable until it locks the machine after a few minutes.
The AGP matrox G550 is better, it runs 1280x1024 tuxracer with a unknown but noticeable higher framerate. According to people I talked to before, the 9200SE is supposed to outperform this, even with a pci bus. But it is not even close and I don't bother running 3D on it any more due to the hanging.
> > >>And don't say that a crash during a 3D game isn't important - >> >> > >A system crash? Worst I've ever seen was a X crash, back before I got my X >configs good. If you mean a game crash, I wouldn't know... half the time it'd >probably be my fault. ;) > > I don't mind a game crash - I can always find another game. But it will at least screw up that card so bad that I need a reboot to get a working xserver running on that display. Typically, the crash ends with a 99% cpu loop in the kernel, a blocked display, and perhaps the other xserver gets in trouble too.
> > >>it is a two-user machine and the other user is not amused when this happens. >> >> > >Maybe he would be if it showed a BSOD? :p > > Nope. A windows crash isn't any "better", and they are used to the linux-level of stability anyway.
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