Hi, I'm about to buy new video card, and was looking at ATI PCI-E Radeon X550. However, I don't see that particular chipset mentioned anywhere in docs. The X300 is there, as well as X600 and X800. Does anybody have Radeon X550 card running under CentOS 4? With 3D acceleration? Thanks, Aleksandar Milivojevic ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
Aleksandar Milivojevic <alex at milivojevic.org> wrote:> Hi, > I'm about to buy new video card, and was looking at ATI > PCI-E Radeon X550. > However, I don't see that particular chipset mentioned > anywhere in docs. The > X300 is there, as well as X600 and X800. Does anybody have > Radeon X550 card > running under CentOS 4? With 3D acceleration?Bang/Buck under Linux is nVidia. Especially the GeForce 6200 for $50 these days (just get a 256MB TC version which has 64MB of RAM). Otherwise the 6600 and 6600GT (GDDR3) are $100+ with 128-256MB. nVidia's Standardware drivers are more stable than the ATI Standardware drivers. There are _no_ DRI/GLX drivers for either. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)
I don't have the 550, but I do have the X600, and you must install the ATI proprietary drivers. They do support hardware 3-D, but nothing much else besides dual monitors and TV out. Really a big waste of an expensive card for what I'm doing. You also will have problems during install if you try to use the 550. Use a common card, then drop the 550 in after installing the drivers. Sam -- Snowman