Re: [Plib-users] Graphic driver corruption in PUI Menus ?

[Arnt K. <ar...@c2...>]

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:45:01 +0100, Richard wrote in message 
<200...@ot...>:

> Hej Amt,
> 
> On Sunday 12 December 2004 12:53, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > ..what happens if you lie to your box and tell it "you're an 9200
> > pro " and use DRI?
> The card is recognised by the system automagically and the XF86Config
> has it entered as a "ATI Graphics Adapter" using fglrx and DRI. There
> doesn't seem to be an entry for overriding the actual card used i.e.
> seems to be a generic driver for a wide range of ATI cards.
> 
> If there is a way to 'simply' override the device found, I could give
> it a go. Only worry I have is that by changing anything like that I
> will make the system unstable etc. Still reasonably new at all this...

..chk the X docs for how to give the chip set or whatever-it-was 
ID in your x(|XF86C|)config(-4) or commandline.

..playing with my new shiny 9250, googling adviced me it would be seen
as a 9200 pro if it could't do 8xAGP, on an 5 year old AMD k6-2 450MHz
on a Epox MVP3G2 with 384MB ram, which can be pushed all the way up 
to 1xAGP, I see 4 to 5 fps in FlightGear without a scenery, bad scenery
path put me _on_ da big ass drink.  ;-)   

..the google advice was "specify your chip to get 8xAGP."  ;-)

..in the default KSFO scenery I get 1 to 2 fps.  In Armagetron at the
same window size (1280x1024) , I see 40-54 fps with a default setup. 

..I will try more of these games to learn more on its performance.

..the 9250 is a 128 bit unit with 128MB, the standard 15pin vga, dvi 
and tv outputs, and is built by Sapphire.

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.