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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PC freeze with ati-drivers and gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r3
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:50:53
Message-Id: 1146404611.14775.6.camel@orpheus
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] PC freeze with ati-drivers and gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r3 by Farhan Ahmed
1 On Sun, 2006-04-30 at 13:21 +0530, Farhan Ahmed wrote:
2 > Iain Buchanan wrote:
3 > > (snip)
4 > >
5 > > Thanks, that's pretty much what I had. I'm interested in your
6 > > framerates though. With glxgears I only get about 130 fps with the
7 > > radeon driver, yet I get 2500+ fps with ati-drivers...
8 > >
9 > > (snip)
10 >
11 > are u sure of that 2500+ fps..
12
13 with glxgears, yes.
14
15 > I think its 250+ fps..
16
17 not for me :)
18
19 > If not i'm
20 > ditching my nvidia card and buying ati.. :)
21
22 don't...
23
24 > But i'm sure when it comes
25 > to performance nvidia is the leader..
26
27 $ glxgears
28 13307 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2661.400 FPS
29
30 That's with the ati-drivers, of course.
31
32 This laptop is a 3GHz P4 with Radeon 9600, about a year old. A new
33 nvidia will give you better performance.
34
35 cya,
36 --
37 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
38
39 /* now make a new head in the exact same spot */
40 -- Larry Wall in cons.c from the perl source code
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