[olug] ATI 9000 PRO

[Scott Evans]

Thanks John.  Looks like I will stay with the ATI 9000
Pro.  I've had my eyes on it for couple of weeks now.

Thanks again


--- "Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at omahadirect.net> wrote:
> I'm currently using an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro and it
> works great.  Another friend 
> of mine is using one as well.
> 
> XFree86 4.3 works great without the 'official' ATI
> drivers, including 3D - 
> albeit Blender currently has an issue with the
> driver in XFree86, which 
> should be fixed shortly.  Why go through the trouble
> of putting extra drivers 
> in, and changing your GL libs?
> 
> I would recommend the 9000 using the stock XFree86
> 4.3 drivers.  Also, MPlayer 
> can utilize the Radeon functions, which is why I
> went with it in the first 
> place.  I have been very happy with it over the
> NVidia cards that I have had 
> in the past.
> 
> Use Red Hat 9.0, it has XFree86 4.3 included.
> 
> I haven't used the dual-monitor mode yet - I don't
> have a DVI to DB-15 
> converter.
> 
> Here is an excerpt from /proc/pci for my 9000 pro:
> 
>  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
>     VGA compatible controller: PCI device 1002:4966
> (ATI Technologies Inc) 
> (rev 1).
>       IRQ 10.
>       Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=8.
>       Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000
> [0xd7ffffff].
>       I/O at 0xc000 [0xc0ff].
>       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5000000
> [0xe500ffff].
>   Bus  1, device   0, function  1:
>     Display controller: PCI device 1002:496e (ATI
> Technologies Inc) (rev 1).
>       Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=8.
>       Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd8000000
> [0xdfffffff].
>       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe5010000
> [0xe501ffff].
> 
> You'll need the Bus ID numbers on your system when
> configuring multi-head 
> configurations in XF86Config.
> 
> Jon L.
> 
> On Saturday 12 April 2003 18:36, Scott Evans wrote:
> > I am building a new Linux system in about two
> months
> > or so and I am thinking of getting the ATI Radeon
> 9000
> > Pro video card. I like the VGA/DVI dual monitor
> > feature. I will be running either Red Hat 8.0 or
> 9.0.(
> > I am currently running 8.0.)
> > My question is, has anyone had any problems
> getting
> > this particular video card to work with Linux. I
> don't
> > game so I will not need the newest, fastest card
> out
> > there, I just want a card that works with linux
> and
> > has the dual monitor capabilities.
> >
> > --Scott
> 
> 
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