Page 1 of 8 123 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 79

Thread: xf86-video-ati 6.12.0 Driver With R600/700 Support

  1. 03-13-2009, 07:00 PM #1
    phoronix
    phoronix is offline Phoronix News Bot
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Posts
    10,215

    Default xf86-video-ati 6.12.0 Driver With R600/700 Support

    Phoronix: xf86-video-ati 6.12.0 Driver With R600/700 Support

    The xf86-video-ati 6.11 driver was released less than a month ago, but coming out today is now the xf86-video-ati 6.12.0 release. What this release brings is most notably EXA and X-Video support for the ATI R600 and R700 generations of graphics processor...

    http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=NzE0Mw
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 03-13-2009, 07:01 PM #2
    sreyan
    sreyan is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Apr 2007
    Posts
    120

    Default

    Finally good mainline tear free video on r600/700 hardware.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 03-13-2009, 07:05 PM #3
    kensai
    kensai is offline Phoronix Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2009
    Posts
    51

    Default

    So good they are releasing more often in the open source driver area, but still no power management.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 03-13-2009, 07:20 PM #4
    Saist
    Saist is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Posts
    145

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by kensai View Post
    So good they are releasing more often in the open source driver area, but still no power management.
    Power management will get there when somebody codes it there. Not before, but possibly after.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 03-13-2009, 07:22 PM #5
    wfeltmate
    wfeltmate is offline Junior Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Posts
    26

    Default

    The status page shows it is a WIP and there was an article recently that showed the driver already doing a fair job of being power efficient. Sure, plenty of room for improvement and such, but at least there is something there
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 03-13-2009, 07:30 PM #6
    russell_h
    russell_h is offline Junior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Posts
    28

    Default

    In order to benefit from this R600/700 acceleration, however, an updated kernel DRM is required.
    Can someone clarify, updated from what? Is this update available somewhere?

    With this driver and a RadeonHD 4850 would I get 3d acceleration or just xv?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 03-13-2009, 07:33 PM #7
    Saist
    Saist is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Posts
    145

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by russell_h View Post
    Can someone clarify, updated from what? Is this update available somewhere?

    With this driver and a RadeonHD 4850 would I get 3d acceleration or just xv?
    there is no 3D support yet for R600-R700 chipsets.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 03-13-2009, 08:03 PM #8
    CrystalCowboy
    CrystalCowboy is offline Phoronix Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2007
    Posts
    116

    Default

    "Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!" He chortled in his joy.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 03-13-2009, 08:15 PM #9
    d2kx
    d2kx is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Germany
    Posts
    1,845

    Default

    This driver + updated Kernel DRM will both be avaible with Ubuntu 9.04. In fact, they will be uploaded this weekend. So Ubuntu 9.04 supports 2D EXA acceleration and Xv video acceleration for every AMD card there is.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 03-13-2009, 08:41 PM #10
    Melcar
    Melcar is offline Senior Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Merida
    Posts
    1,065

    Default

    Awesome news. Almost there man, almost there .
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules