On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:55:24 Craig said.
you might also want to install some of these:
glx-alternative-fglrx - allows the selection of FGLRX as GLX provider
fglrx-atieventsd - events daemon for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display
driver
fglrx-control - control panel for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver
libfglrx - non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver (runtime libraries)
libfglrx-amdxvba1 - AMD XvBA (X-Video Bitstream Acceleration) backend for VA API
, - proprietary libGL for the non-free ATI/AMD RadeonHD display driver
libgl1-fglrx-glx-i386 - ATI/AMD binary OpenGL 32-bit libraries
Oops, any way many thanks for the advice to try the AMD closed src drivers,
these seem to have cured the problem.
glx-alternative-fglrx,libfglrx libgl1-fglrx-glx are all installed
automagicly, I installed fglrx-atieventsd and fglrx-control by hand.
I did not bother with amdxvbal1 as I NEVER do streaming video, data on the
internet being way way way to expensive up my way to even consider it.
the gtx 560 is fine at 1449p for most things, but it's noticably
sluggish in some games when there's a lot happening (which is a good way
of getting killed due to video lag)
I found both the Radeon 7870 and the GTX 680 over kill for OpenRails, both
these cards have so much processing power they require two threads from the
main program to keep these GPU's busy and the development kit being used by
OpenRails does not have this support.
I found the Radeon 5870 would drive the 2560 X 1600 monitors with OR no
problems.
problem with in game fonts
OpenRails has excatly the same problem, as far as I am concerned a font
used in a game should be treated as just another in game texture required.
Its not THAT difficult. Using the systems font generator in my opinion
never looks right in game EXCEPT for system messages and such things as
status lines.
Just in case it may help if you happen to be looking for a new speaker set
up to go with the 2560 x 1440 take a look at the Microlab Solo 8C High
Fidelity Floor Stereo Speakers from PCCasegear, there only $179 but do not
let that fool you, The sound of these is _____REALLY______ suppurb VERY
clear and smooth, better even than Maudio offerings and at a fraction of
the price and I am what one may call a highfi freek.
The speakers are big being around 60cm high by around 22 wide, They sit
quite nicely either side of my Dell 30" 2560 x 1600 monitor.
Lindsay
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