Gustin Johnson wrote: > On 10-03-31 03:20 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> Gustin Johnson wrote: >> >>> On 10-03-30 07:00 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> >>> >>>> GAINWARD BLISS 7200 GS GFORCE PCI Express, passive, looks like a 256 MB >>>> one, original price around 35,- €, I could get it second hand for 15,- €. >>>> >>>> The people from the list seems to know the 6200, 7600GS, 7300, 6200TC, >>>> 8500GT, >>>> http://www.google.de/#hl=de&source=hp&q=[64studio-users]+GFORCE+7200+GS+&meta=&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=ee5ee57acdb47974 >>>> >>>> Referred to http://www.64studio.com/node/1119#comment-5374 someone had >>>> bad luck using a 7200, resp. I still need to read the whole thread, >>>> perhaps at the end everything went well. >>>> >>>> Because of MIDI jitter issues, there shouldn't be a difference for >>>> integrated graphics using main memory for the frame buffer and a PCI >>>> Express with it's own memory was said on LAD. IIUC what Fons has written >>>> after I used his jitter test applications, the jitter on my machine is >>>> normal for Linux and it should be impossible that the jitter is audible. >>>> Unfortunately it's horrible audible. >>>> >>>> So because of audio I need to find a replacement for Linux IIUC what >>>> Fons has written, the 7200 still is interesting for Linux video cut, >>>> animation etc., because I never get 3D support for my integrated ATI >>>> Radeon X1250-based graphics. >>>> >>>> Has anybody experiences with a 7200 and is the price ok? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> You mean apart from the usual nVidia binary driver problems? >>> >> Yes. For my old board I had a NVIDIA AGP and I didn't like it, because >> sometimes it wasn't easy to add the proprietary 3D driver. >> OTOH I always was able to get the proprietary driver running and the >> card also was good without using the 3D driver, excepted of speed limits >> for 3D applications. >> >> >>> I have a similar card but I chose to stick with the integrated ATI instead >>> with >>> 3d support due to RT kernel and nVidia drivers not playing nice together. >>> >> What exactly is a similar card?x >> > > A GForce 7x00 PCIe with passive cooling. I have it kicking around > somewhere in my bin of parts, so I am not sure exactly which model it is. > >> Searching the web, >> http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&q=linux+gforce+7200+gs&btnG=Search >> [1], the GFORCE 7200 GS wasn't supported in 2007, >> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/evga-e-geforce-7200-gs-wont-work-nvidia-drivers-567849/ >> >> OTOH it's listed for the "NVIDIA GeForce Driver for Linux 190.42", >> http://www.brothersoft.com/nvidia-geforce-driver-for-linux-269081.html. >> >> > Ans what does the nVidia web site have for drivers for this card? I > would try the latest version directly from nVidia. > > >> While it always worked for my old AGP NVIDIA with the proprietary >> driver, it doesn't work now for my integrated ATI Radeon X1250-based, >> even though it's listed for the proprietary Linux driver too. I had the >> same with a Fax modem that was listed by the community as working with >> Linux, but even though this modem has the needed chip set, there was one >> revision that doesn't work with Linux and this wasn't mentioned, while >> it was known by those community hardware guys. I had the same with a PCI >> to ATA converter etc., but because of wrong information by the vendor, >> that's why I don't believe community hardware lists and claims of >> vendors. I only believe in other users reports of experiences. >> >> Because of the RT issue I wish to know if a PCI express graphics would >> cause less MIDI jitter as an integrated graphics, because of the access >> to the shared RAM. For knowing this I need the long overdue graphics and >> I would test it with 2D too. On LAD they said that this won't make any >> difference, but they also said, that the MIDI jitter I've got now >> shouldn't be audible. If it's true that there would be no improvement >> > > No idea. > > >> and the MIDI jitter I've got is normal for Linux and the developers >> aren't able to hear it, so that they also won't do anything against it, >> than I don't need RT support for Linux audio any more. If so I only >> would use Linux for video cut, authoring, internet access, graphic and >> animation applications etc., but not for music any more. >> > > I never was able to reproduce your jitter experiences. > >> Btw. Ctrl + F "7200" for http://www.64studio.com/node/69, >> http://www.64studio.com/node/1454 and http://www.64studio.com/node/1085 >> was without success. >> >> Because the one who sells the card is a friend of an old acquaintance I >> could ask him, if I could test the card. Doing this would be strange for >> most Germans, that's why I prefer not to ask. >> >> > Again, check the nVidia site for drivers. Of course I would avoid > nVidia if I had the choice. I have heard good things about the RadeonHD > series of devices, and I have personally been well served by Intel GPUs. > Other than that best of luck.
First I'll try the xorg "nv" driver and then the one directly from the NVIDIA homepage. Actually there's an issue, hwinfo is detecting the wrong card, while it isn't the wrong card and perhaps the xorg.conf that was ok for my Radeon and Lifetec monitor completely needs to be changed. Even if I get access to GDM, there first are messages because of KDE4 session manager. KDE4 isn't installed. Btw. some ours ago I got the links to the current proprietary Linux drivers, 64-bit and 32-bit. _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
