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From: Alan McKinnon <alan@××××××××××××××××.za>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Xorg 7.0+composite+radeon OSS drivers+radeon9200se : X cpu usage sometimes rockets to > 80%
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 07:19:26
Message-Id: 200610100859.52193.alan@linuxholdings.co.za
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Xorg 7.0+composite+radeon OSS drivers+radeon9200se : X cpu usage sometimes rockets to > 80% by "b.n."
1 On Tuesday 10 October 2006 01:11, b.n. wrote:
2 > I should be using a fully hw-accelerated Xorg, however. I have an ATI
3 > Radeon 9200se card with the following options:
4
5 I have the same card, but I don't have the problems you are having
6 >
7 > [...]
8 > Section "Device"
9 >
10 >      #VideoRam    131072
11 >      # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
12 >          Identifier  "** ATI Radeon (generic)               [radeon]"
13 >          Driver      "radeon"
14
15 That's the open source driver, you get 2D acceleration, but not 3D.
16 For 3D you need to emerge ati-drivers and use the fglrx driver
17
18 >          Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
19 >          Option "AGPMode" "8"
20 >          Option "AGPFastWrite" "1"
21 >          Option "BackingStore" "true"
22 > EndSection
23 > [...]
24
25 My experiences were that composite with the radeon driver were ... poor
26
27 alan
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