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Andrey Falko wrote: |
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> On 11/20/08, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.de> wrote: |
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>> As it happens, upgrading to kernel 2.6.27 was not the only change; I |
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>> switched from xf86-video-radeonhd to the proprietary ATI Catalyst drivers. |
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>> Didn't think that this has anything to do with it though. |
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> I have a hunch that this is the problem. Have you tried 2.6.27 without the |
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> proprietary ATI drivers? This is the first thing I would suspect because ATI |
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> drivers are not reputed --- or so I believe --- for being the best quality |
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> software out there. Either way, we need to eliminate as many factors as |
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> possible and one of these factors is your ATI driver change. I don't know |
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> much about Prime95, but if it won't simulate a subtlety in your video |
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> drivers, especially how proprietary ATI drivers will play with kernel |
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> 2.6.27. |
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I would definitely say this is worth looking into - not necessarily |
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because the ati-drivers are bad software but because they have always |
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stressed my hardware more than any open source drivers (and yielded |
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better performance too). |
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FWIW I've never known any stress test to be as good as compiling |
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openoffice :) |
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cya, |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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QOTD: |
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"There may be no excuse for laziness, but I'm sure looking." |
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