On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 07:24:58 -0600
"R.U. Deranged"
At 07:00 AM 3/4/2004, Ingo Strauch wrote:
AFAIK the nforce2 supports 8x AGP (AGP V3). If the Radeon supports that as well you'll have to go to kernel 2.6.x for 3D. At least that's what I read and what solved the problem for me...
My 9000 is indeed 8x. My biggest reservations against moving to the 2.6 kernel at this time are that the ATI drivers apparently don't support it yet,
There is a subdirectory under build_mod named 2.6.x, just type 'make' there. But you need to copy over the resulting module by hand to /lib/modules/...
and the nForce2 driver installation documentation says that the nForce2 drivers for Linux only support the 2.4 kernel (which I find hard to believe, but it still makes me nervous).
Ok, this could be a problem. But doesn't kernel 2.6 contain this forcedeth driver? But I don't have an idea if that's any good.
How is your 3D performance under 2.6?
Well, I never measured it. Currently I'm back to kernel 2.4.x since I don't have sound with the new kernel and my CMedia onboard chip.
And have you ever been able to get dual-head mode working?
Never tried. Cheers, Ingo -- "What're quantum mechanics?" "I don't know. People who repair quantums I suppose." --Rincewind, Terry Pratchett "Eric"