Hi all,


Running an A30p, 1.2GHz-PIIIM, i830MP, ATI Radeon Mobility LY, 
resolution 1600x1200x16.

After spending the last few days on linux-kernel sorting out the agpgart 
support for the Intel 830MP (= i830 with external graphics : patch 
posted for inclusion in next kernel release), I went through some 
benchmarking.

In order to support the 830MP/ATI-LY/1600x1200 combo, I downloaded, 
compiled and installed the latest X CVS'es (stock RH 4.1.0-6 returns the 
dreaded "panel size not detected" error).

Considering CVS : as of today, DGA 2.0 seems to play nicely together 
with VMWare in full-screen mode : very nice indeed.


Unfortunately, 3D performance on the ATI Radeon Mob. LY seems to be a 
bit "sub-optimal".

Running 'gears' in default window mode renders me some 480~500 FPS, 
whereas my 'old' A21p (PIII-850,440BX,ATI Mobility 128) gives me ~700 FPS.

"agpgart.o" and "radeon.o" (kernel 2.4.15/16-version) are both loaded.

'glxinfo' reports "direct rendering: yes", and xdpyinfo reports "GLX", 
"DGA" and "DRI" as being present.

No "(EE)" or "(!!)" in XFree86.0.log.

If I rmmod either agpgart or radeon, performance in 'gears' drops to 
~250 FPS, so something certainly is accelerated, but the performance 
doesn't seem up to par, being at 60% of an aged Mobility-128.

I noticed a radeon_drv.o in the CVS tree. Would this one replace the 
radeon.o from the kernel distribution ?

Any suggestions ?


Kind regards,
Didier


Didier Moens
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