I am having some issues (e.g. System lock ups) with my
ATI 9250 Video card.
I am thinging about replacing it with either a Nvidia
FX5200, FX5500, or a FX5600 card.
Is anyone using one of these cards on Centos 4.1 with
the stock (XORG) nv driver?
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If oyu really want to take advantage of the performance those cards have
to offer, you should use the nvidia (that's the actual module name used
by X) driver downloaded directly from NVidia. It makes a world of
difference in performance, is easy to install, and is completely
distribution neutral. It will work fine with XFree86 or X.org
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
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Prentice
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Subject: [CentOS] Switch to Nvidia from ATI
I am having some issues (e.g. System lock ups) with my
ATI 9250 Video card.
I am thinging about replacing it with either a Nvidia
FX5200, FX5500, or a FX5600 card.
Is anyone using one of these cards on Centos 4.1 with
the stock (XORG) nv driver?
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Bisbal, Prentice wrote:> If oyu really want to take advantage of the performance those cards > have to offer, you should use the nvidia (that's the actual module > name used by X) driver downloaded directly from NVidia. It makes a > world of difference in performance, is easy to install, and is > completely distribution neutral. It will work fine with XFree86 or X.org > > http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.htmlYep, I noticed better performance here too. I'm using the 5200 without incident on a number of CentOS machines (32 and 64 bit). Cheers,
On 10/18/06, BRUCE STANLEY <bruce.stanley at prodigy.net> wrote:> FX5200, FX5500, or a FX5600 card.I have an FX5200 in my "other" PC (the one that spends most of its time running Windows so my kids can do their homework). I attempted to install Ubuntu Breezy Badger on it and could not get Xorg to work. It finally became functional when Dapper Drake was released. Given that Xorg (and, I think, the kernel) on CentOS 4.1 is roughly the same vintage as Breezy, I would not be hopeful that you'd get it working. CentOS 4.4 would be a better bet.
On 10/18/06, Bisbal, Prentice <PBisbal at lexpharma.com> wrote:> > ... you should use the nvidia (that's the actual module name used by X) > driver downloaded directly from NVidia. It makes a world of differenceIf only the same were true of the audio driver, I'd be a much happier camper.
Reposting in correct thread:
One thing I forgot to include in my previous post - be sure to read the
documentation and look at NVidia's example XF86Config file (or whatever
x.org calls it) - certain modules need to be disabled (dri, something
else that I forget...). It's no big deal, since the nvidia module
provides this functionality.
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Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:06 AM
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Subject: RE: [CentOS] Switch to Nvidia from ATI
If oyu really want to take advantage of the performance those cards have
to offer, you should use the nvidia (that's the actual module name used
by X) driver downloaded directly from NVidia. It makes a world of
difference in performance, is easy to install, and is completely
distribution neutral. It will work fine with XFree86 or X.org
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
--
Prentice
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Behalf Of BRUCE STANLEY
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:01 AM
To: Centos Linux
Subject: [CentOS] Switch to Nvidia from ATI
I am having some issues (e.g. System lock ups) with my
ATI 9250 Video card.
I am thinging about replacing it with either a Nvidia
FX5200, FX5500, or a FX5600 card.
Is anyone using one of these cards on Centos 4.1 with
the stock (XORG) nv driver?
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BRUCE STANLEY wrote:> I am having some issues (e.g. System lock ups) with my > ATI 9250 Video card. > > I am thinging about replacing it with either a Nvidia > > FX5200, FX5500, or a FX5600 card. > > Is anyone using one of these cards on Centos 4.1 with > the stock (XORG) nv driver? >I'm currently using an nVidia FX 5600 card on my workstation running CentOS 4.4. I used the XORG nv driver for a while with good, stable results, but switched to the nVidia-provided driver for better 3D performance. Gotta be able to play Quake 4, don't you know! For anything that does not require 3D, tho, the nv driver seems to work just fine. -- Jay Leafey - Memphis, TN jay.leafey at mindless.com
We use NVidia cards to do 3D hardware stereo graphics to view molecules in 3D. The 3D perfomance after upgrading to the NVidia-supplied driver is mind-blowing. -- Prentice -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of chrism at imntv.com Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:58 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Switch to Nvidia from ATI Jay Leafey wrote:> > I'm currently using an nVidia FX 5600 card on my workstation running > CentOS 4.4. I used the XORG nv driver for a while with good, stable > results, but switched to the nVidia-provided driver for better 3D > performance. Gotta be able to play Quake 4, don't you know! > > For anything that does not require 3D, tho, the nv driver seems to > work just fine.I agree 100%. I only updated to the nvidia-supplied driver on a couple of machines because "it was there" not because the stock driver was slow or broken. I haven't even tried the 3D performance...I'll have to get right on that. ;) Cheers, _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos The contents of this communication, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. They are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the communication in its entirety.
If you're going to do that, you definitely want to tweak the settings for Full-Scene Anti-Aliasing (FSAA). How to do that is documented somewhere in the NVidia-supplied documentation. Using Unreal Tournament, as a test case, I set FSAA to the most intensive algorithms, set the resolution to the highest that UT supported, and still had ridiculously high frame rates and ultra-smooth animation! -- Prentice -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of chrism at imntv.com Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:38 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Switch to Nvidia from ATI Bisbal, Prentice wrote:> We use NVidia cards to do 3D hardware stereo graphics to view > molecules in 3D. The 3D perfomance after upgrading to the > NVidia-supplied driver is mind-blowing. >You are just trying to get me to download quake for linux! A pox on you, I say! ;-) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos The contents of this communication, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. They are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the communication in its entirety.
I'm using a dual-headed setup w/ the NVIDIA driver and it works fine, even with hardware 3D stereo. BTW - I'm using RHEL3WS. I haven't switched to CentOS yet. I subscribed before making the switch. -- Prentice -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Mauricio Tavares Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:10 PM To: centos at centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Re: Switch to Nvidia from ATI Jay Leafey wrote:> BRUCE STANLEY wrote: >> I am having some issues (e.g. System lock ups) with my ATI 9250 Video>> card. >> >> I am thinging about replacing it with either a Nvidia >> >> FX5200, FX5500, or a FX5600 card. >> >> Is anyone using one of these cards on Centos 4.1 with the stock >> (XORG) nv driver? >> > > I'm currently using an nVidia FX 5600 card on my workstation running > CentOS 4.4. I used the XORG nv driver for a while with good, stable > results, but switched to the nVidia-provided driver for better 3D > performance. Gotta be able to play Quake 4, don't you know! > > For anything that does not require 3D, tho, the nv driver seems to > work just fine.How about dual head setup? _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos The contents of this communication, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. They are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the communication in its entirety.
Alfred, You can use xvidtune or gtf to generate modelines. Both should be included with your distribution. It's been a while since I used them, so check the man pages for how to use them. nvidia-installer should be installed when you run NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-XXXX-pkg1.run. Do 'locate nvidia-installer' or 'which nvidia-installer'. It should be installed in /usr/bin -- Prentice -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Alfred von Campe Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 4:41 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Switch to Nvidia from ATI On Oct 18, 2006, at 14:42, Jay Leafey wrote:> Since you've already gone to the nVidia card it's a little late, I > know, but one of my Dell workstations has a similar display chip > (Intel 915G) and I was able to drive my Dell 2100fp at 1600x1200 at 60Hz > by making a couple of changes in the xorg.conf file. > Specifically, in the "Monitor" section I added a modeline for the that> resolution with some different timings: > > ModeLine "1600x1200" 160.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 > 1204 1250 > > Then in the "Screen" section I added 1600x1200 to the "Modes" line: > > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" > "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"That's good to know for the future. But how did you come up with those numbers for the ModeLine entry? I played around with the HorizSync and VertRefresh entries to no avail.> It's not that hard, thankfully. You can specify the kernel version to> the installer script, as well as just installing a new kernel module > rather than a full reinstall: > > /usr/local/bin/nvidia-installer --kernel-module-only --kernel- > name=(kernel version) > > For example, when the new kernel (kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.plus.c4) came > out, I just ran this command before rebooting to the new kernel: > > /usr/local/bin/nvidia-installer --kernel-module-only --kernel- > name=2.6.9-42.0.3.plus.c4I have not installed the nvidia-installer, but rather I run the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-XXXX-pkg1.run script with the -s option (silent) after rebuilding it with the --add-this-kernel option.> It does require that the kernel-devel{,-smp} package be installed for > the kernel for which you want to rebuild the driver, but that's not > really a problem for me. I've been trying to figure out how to make > this happen at boot-time before starting X, but haven't pursued it too> hard.I got this to work, but it was a bit of a hack. I'll contact you off list with the details. Alfred _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos The contents of this communication, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. They are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication. Please notify the sender immediately and delete the communication in its entirety.
BRUCE STANLEY wrote:> I am having some issues (e.g. System lock ups) with my > ATI 9250 Video card. > > I am thinging about replacing it with either a Nvidia > > FX5200, FX5500, or a FX5600 card. > > Is anyone using one of these cards on Centos 4.1 with > the stock (XORG) nv driver?I have been using the nvidia driver although I do not need the 3D acceleration, just because it was available. However, a few of days ago I came across this: http://kerneltrap.org/node/7228 http://download2.rapid7.com/r7-0025/ what does this list think about this matter? I have now reverted to the standard xorg nv driver