Re: How are different ATI drivers related ?

Hello,

Thanks for all your help. I have successfully tried the Rage 128 version 
  and the Mach64 version.

The Mach64 version appears to have three problems. I don't know if you 
are aware of them so here they are.

1) Switching from X to a tty (<Ctrl><Alt><Fn>) results in the X session 
reporting a SIGHUP and dying.

2) Shortly after starting a 3D app. (gears from Mesa-demos is a good 
one) the fps drops by 30 - 50. Most weird however is that these 30 - 50 
fps can be recovered by moving the mouse !! Stop moving the mouse and it 
slows down again and so-on.

3) It seems to run at 50 - 100 fps slower than the old 3.3.6 drivers 
(not a big deal I can still play Tux Racer !! :-)  )

The Rage 128 version exhibits none of these problems.

Hope this helps,
Owen

Leif Delgass wrote:
>  
> On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Owen Savill wrote:
> 
> 
>>Thanks for that. I am a little less confused ! I still think GATOS is a 
>>type of French cake :-)
>>
>>However, I noticed from you web site it says :
>>
>>Cards earlier than the ATI 3D Rage Pro don't have a triangle setup 
>>engine and are not supported. This includes ... and ATI 3D Rage Mobility
>>
>>?!?! what does this mean ?
> 
> 
> Note that ATI 3D Rage Mobility is listed under _supported_ (there are two
> lists in that paragraph, the first are unsupported and the second are
> supported).  I should make this more clear on the site, but there are
> cards called "3D Rage XXX", _without_ "Pro"  in the name that have only
> very limited 3D capabilities -- i.e. texturing, but no triangle setup.  
> AFAIK, all "Rage Mobility" cards using mach64 are of the "Pro" variety and 
> have triangle setup.
>  
> 
>>How am I going to paly Tux Racer if they are not supported :-(
>>
>>Well, time for the big one ! Download, build and install - I may need 
>>some help here :-) pretty please !
> 
> 
> Sure, I can help.  Also, have a look at the docs and FAQs on
> dri.sourceforge.net.
>