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From: Drew Tomlinson <drew@××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop ATI Integrated Video Performance?
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:41:21
Message-Id: 47767690.1030406@mykitchentable.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Laptop ATI Integrated Video Performance? by Stroller
1 On 12/25/2007 8:56 AM Stroller said the following:
2 >
3 > On 25 Dec 2007, at 15:59, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
4 >> ...
5 >> I'm using x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.433 and have followed guides and
6 >> verified direct rendering is enabled (however I don't know if that
7 >> matters for displaying video).
8 >>
9 >> Is this the best I can expect for this video hardware? I can post my
10 >> xorg.conf if there's a possibility that some tweak will improve
11 >> performance.
12 >
13 > You should demonstrate that your xorg.conf is referencing the
14 > appropriate ATi driver.
15 >
16 > Stroller.
17 Thank you for your reply. I'm not sure how to demonstrate other that
18 pasting the relevant section xorg log:
19
20 (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
21 (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
22 (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
23 compiled for 7.1.0, module version = 8.43.2
24 Module class: X.Org Video Driver
25
26 Is this sufficient?
27
28 Thanks,
29
30 Drew
31
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