[CS-FSLUG] For ATI users! From an elist.
Fred A. Miller
fmiller at lightlink.com
Sun Mar 29 13:11:21 CDT 2009
Hello Listmates,
I just installed ATI's new driver from
ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run
and all I can say is "It's about time!"
The resulting rpm generated installed without any heavy problems. My
glxgears
went from avgeraging 2300-2400 to 4800-5200.
A couple of side notes on this. If you were using the radeonhd driver
beforehand and did the recommended atconfig --initial command, please
review
your xorg.conf file to make sure it didn't leave the radeonhd loaded. I
diidn't see inprovements in speed till I removed that reference from the
file. This is what i'm referencing....
*Remove**
Section "Device"
BoardName "Mobility Radeon HD 3650"
Driver "radeonhd"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "monitor-PANEL" "Monitor[0]"
VendorName "ATI"
EndSection
*End of remove*
Section "Device"
BoardName "Mobility Radeon HD 3650"
Driver "fglrx"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "FSAAScale" "0"
Option "FSAAEnable" "off"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
VendorName "ATI"
EndSection
Also, I noticed that the following was missing....
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "on"
EndSection
With the above edits done... I have double the speed on my Lenovo W500
laptop.
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