[NTLUG:Discuss] Anyone got a new Radeo...

[Kyle_Davenport@compusa.com]

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From:  Chris Cox
I'm interested in how the Radeon is performing.
Would be nice if someone has a 9700 Pro... but
could be any of the newer 9xxx series.  I'm
curious about any well known 3D benchmark...
say U2K3 or something like that.

I've used the open source dri Radeon drivers
to drive the laptop I'm bringing to the next
meeting... there are some glitches, but all
in all.. everything works quite well.  It's
got the Radeon Mobility 7500.
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I am quite annoyed with how poor the drivers are.   I am trying to use an
ati radeon 8500 in my home theater pc and I keep getting bitten by
problems: xvideo, overlay, tv-out, dri.   The 3D speed is embarrassing.
Has anyone seen these benchmarks?
http://www.xig.com/Pages/Atop/SummitBenchmarks-CARDS.html  Xi Graphics
raises a very interesting point; of course, we all know linux is
fundamentally faster than windows, but it sure doesn't seem like it
sometimes.  Maybe it's just that XFree86 is slow!  They show their drivers
much faster on linux than even ATI's own drivers on Win2K!  I emailed their
sales for info and never got a response...  The benchmark is for version
2.9.  Don't know how that compares to 3.2.5

Kyle