Nvidia or Ati radeon is the best in grafic card

Ati Radeon 6570 or Nvidia GT650 coz, if we wanna play hard game, means there is no lag or something bad resolution, please help me,

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ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB graphics card has failed?

I think my ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB graphics card has failed...
This is a MacPro 1,1 (2006). We're on our yacht in a French territory, South Pacific, so local support is non-obtainium. I would appreciate any advice on how I can confirm my graphics card is dead.
I have only 23" Apple Cinema Display for testing. The display works great on MBP, so that end is good.
The MacPro seems to boot normally - AFAIK based on startup sounds, fan, RAM LED diagnostic lights.
Suggestions?

Case A) the screen goes blank at the login screen
invoke Safe Mode (hold down the Shift key at Startup).
This performs a five minutes or so Disk Utility ( Repair Disk) on the boot drive, then demands your userId and password, even if you normally auto-login.
Safe Mode only loads the absolutely essential Drivers, and the graphics drivers are not considered essential. So screen re-draw may be slow, but you can check your email, surf a little, do many operations that do not require graphics acceleration.
Edit movies? Probably not.
Case B) your screen completely blank
If the power-on light flashes in a pattern, that indicates not enough good RAM to start up.
If no power light flashing, you need some function you can invoke that will show a non-graphics result.
The Caps Lock light on the keyboard is under software Control. If it works, at least the SMC controller that talks to the keyboard is working.
Holding down Control while pressing the Eject key on the keyboard brings up this familiar dialog box, whether you can see it or not:
any key except:
R for Restart;
S for Sleep;
Esc for cancel;
and return for the default Shut Down
should cause the System Beep sound. S should Sleep it, and the power light should shortly indicate that it is sleeping. Any key will then wake it up.

The best msi video card?

what is the best video card from MSI and because it is the best?

Quote from: Dennis.MSI on 26-July-11, 02:01:00
Personally, I would lean to two different cards.
The first one is the N460GTX Hawk. An insanely powerful card in the performance segment which really set several standards seen in other MSI graphics cards down the line.
on the AMD side, it's the R6950 Twin Frozr II. silent, extremely cool but most of all, unlockable and overclockable! Price performance wise it simply can't be beat.
If you talk about pure class, the first R5870 Lightning really set a precedent for overclocking graphics cards and the N480GTX Lightning made a GPU that wasn't known for its good power consumption and heat into an insane monster! Not only is it simply one the best MSI graphics cards ever made (85% of the top-30 in 3DMark Vantage for the 480 is with the Lightning!) it also introduced low temperatures and lower power consumption to the GTX 480, something no one else achieved.
Has anyone ever told you that you could sell sand to an Arab?

Which Video Card for MDD - Nvidia or ATi Radeon?

Mac nVidia GeForce 4 Ti 4600/Ti4600 128MB Video Card G4
BRAND NEW
I saw this item on eBay, and it looks like a good deal, but elsewhere on this forum someone said the ATI Radeon 9800 Pro was preferred for the Mirror Drive Door model.
The NVidia seems to have the best price. Assuming either are compatible (need AGP) which would be recommended, and why?
My present card is 64MB. I would hope that one with 128MB would improve performance with my Final Cut Express and 3D programs, such as Carrara and SketchUp, and give better results with an LCD monitor (and the card supports dual monitors, I think)
many thanks,
K.

Hi Keith-
The biggest problem with the Geforce4 Ti is lack of Core Image support. This is of major importance in OS X, important to some graphics/video editing applications and is indicative of a GPU that is more powerful than the cards that don't support Core Image.
The Radeon 9800 Pro is a card that supports Core Image, and does so with ease.
For applications, Quartz Extreme is a given, but Open GL is also of concern. The Radeon 9800 Pro scores higher in Open GL benchmarks than the Geforce4 Ti.
As for 3D, shaders are of importance. The Radeon cards often offer better shader support than the Geforce cards. This is true when comparing the Geforce4 Ti and the Radeon 9800 Pro.
Not only is the architecture of the Radeon 9800 Pro better, 8 pixel pipelines vs. 4, but the drivers for the Radeon are superior. In fact, it is a gamers secret in some applications, to use Radeon shader drivers to get better performance out of their Geforce cards.
Not to be overlooked, but the amount of VRAM is not as important as the GPU clock speed, and the memory (VRAM) speed. The Geforce4 Ti has a GPU of 300mhz, and DDR VRAM at 325mhz (effective 650mhz).
The Radeon 9800 Pro has a GPU clocked at 378mhz, and DDR VRAM clocked at 337.5mhz (effective 675mhz).
Again, the Radeon 9800 Pro is superior in architecture.
Both cards can support dual displays, both having a DVI and a VGA port. A big difference is if you use OS X Leopard. Again, the Radeon card stands supreme, with many OS 9, or "legacy" Geforce cards loosing dual display ability in Leopard. This problem is often reported here.
If, however, the majority of your work is in OS 9, the Geforce4 Ti is a better card, with better native support +in OS 9+. The Radeon 9800 Pro came much later than the last OS 9.2.2, so it doesn't have the benefit of native 3D drivers. It works fine as a basic graphics card in OS 9, but doesn't support accelerated 3D as well as the Geforce4 Ti.
As for price, since we're comparing flashed cards, the Radeon 9800 Pro costs the same (as the Geforce4 Ti) from a very competent, reliable seller, though you have an extra $10 in shipping.

ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Wierd Lines Bad Card -- The solution

After updating my Computer to 10.4.8, I frequently had odd lines and Weird Colored Shapes dancing across my screen. Restarting was the only thing that solved the problem but It started becoming more frequent as time went on, Every 30 minutes having to do a restart. The Graphics card is the Retail ATI 9800 Pro 256 Special Edition 8x AGP, the card is 6 months old.
I bought a Replacement 9800 and the problem was solved. I sent the damaged one to ATI/AMD and it took them two weeks to send me a new one. A lot of people are having the same problem, Don't waste you time trying to sleuth it like I did, just pull it and send it in for repair. ATI/AMD were pretty easy to deal with, I didn't even have to show them proof of purchase.
G5 Dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 3.5 GB of Ram

Hi,
As has been stated above, the 9800 has heat issues in most Mac towers. I was politely told I didn't know what I was talking about, but I'm afraid I do and those who choose to ignore the hundreds of posts about this issue do so at their own risk. If you have a warranty, that's nice.
The Arctic Cooling Silencer 1 (Rev. 2) is a good brand of GPU cooler. It's your call, put a better cooler on the card or get another card. For $25 and 10 minutes work I'd put a cooler on it and see how it works.
BTW, a properly flashed PC 9800 is a very nice card and works the exact same as a Mac Edition. I have several.
Until the RoHS compliant ATI Mac Edition cards are available, it is VERY hard to find a better video card. The ATI x800xt 256MB is the best card for performance and it will push a 30" display - for over $300. Most vendors are saying 3 weeks availability and have been saying that for 6 months.
Regards,
Dave

Is there a difference between the ati radeon 2600xt mobility and pro graphic cards?

After checking apples support website for compatible open-cl graphic cards, they list the ati radeon 2600xt as not compatible. The models listed for this card is the mac pro 2008. However, I have an imac 2.4ghz dual core with the mobility version of the same card. Does anyone know if my imac is compatible?
Thanks

I found the discrepancy.
Under bootcamp, windows vista identifies the graphics card as an 'ATI Mobility HD Radeon 2600 XT'
Under Lion X, the graphics card is identified as an 'ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro'
Go figure

Best software or programme? : I have designs for cards done on a particular app, I need to import somehow typed text (old type writer font) to beside the image? Is something like illustrator or photoshop the best? For card design to then send to printers

Hello
I have started designing cards etc
I have been drawing items on two particular apps on my iPad, but I need to import some old school type writter style text alongside the image.
What is the best software or programme to do this?
I don't mind buying some good software
Basically I would like something in could draw with a stylus on ( or import these images from another app that I can do this on)
Then add bespoke text beside the image
Play about with positions, colours sizes etc
Has anyone tried any of the Wacom products??
These would all then be sent to printing company to print
Thanks for your help!

Hello
I have started designing cards etc
I have been drawing items on two particular apps on my iPad, but I need to import some old school type writter style text alongside the image.
What is the best software or programme to do this?
I don't mind buying some good software
Basically I would like something in could draw with a stylus on ( or import these images from another app that I can do this on)
Then add bespoke text beside the image
Play about with positions, colours sizes etc
Has anyone tried any of the Wacom products??
These would all then be sent to printing company to print
Thanks for your help!

ATI RADEON 9600 PRO 256MB AGP VIDEO CARD PC/MAC

This card is available from:
https://www.directdial.com/100-435065.html
My X800 XT blew up my logic board.
This was the best 256MB card I could find.
They had 30 of these when I ordered today at $209.

That sounds attractive except for me, living in Canada.
The handling and brokerage fee charged by the US delivery service,
UPS or FEDEX, make the Canadian store's price more attractive.
Plus I ordered it Monday and get it today.
BTW stock is back to 29 as of today.

Amd vs. nvidia: what propietary driver gives the best Arch experience?

I'm looking into buying a gddr5, < 100€ dedicated video card. I'd like to know, on the pure driver and updates side, which between nvidia and amd gives a smoother experience? I am on x86_64 and have an intel i5 2500k cpu, and probably the choice ATM boils down to sapphire 6670 vs. palit gt 630 (in their gddr5 version).
I'll use the card to play some 3D games (so we're speaking propietary drivers) but I'd like to understand how much time I have to plan on tracking down bugs, downgrading packages and so on... on archlinux specifically.
what are your experiences?

How does the nvidia driver suck? In terms of quality it is on par with the windows version. Driver updates are frequent and feature loaded. Just yesterday they released a new driver with great improvements. Never had any glitches or crashes even with their beta drivers. Video hardware acceleration through VDPAU works like a charm.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n … px=MTI3NjI
Every OpenGL game is just as fast on Linux as on Windows on my machine. What makes them better than AMD is also that they support cards for a very long time. Up untill 304.64 which is just 1-2 months old they supported really really old cards with their driver branch. With >310 everything newer than the 8000 series is supported. On windows I couldn't get any newer driver than what my laptop vendor offered on their website in the "download" section which was some crappy old driver from 2007. Even on the nvidia website I simply couldn't get a driver for my GeForce 6150 Go. No matter if I searched for Product = GeForce or N-Force which is the mainboard that is used in my laptop. Their little java applet couldn't figure out my needed driver either. On linux I only had to "pacman -S nvidia". Done. Works. So their linux driver support is sometimes even better than on windows.
If that is a driver that "sucks". What is a good driver in your opinion?
If you want to find out what really sucks go into the AMD section of the "Steam for Linux" Beta Forum and check out all the glitches and choppy performance these guys have to deal with.
Last edited by blackout23 (2013-01-17 17:29:55)

NVIDIA GeForce 120 or ATI Radeon X1900... which is better?

Hi-
I currently have the ATI Radeon X1900 graphics card installed in my Mac Pro 2.26 Nehalem. I'm not having any issue's with the card except that the fans turn On quite frequently, and they're a little loud.
I'm not using it for any games, etc... My primary use is with Pro Tools (a music DAW application).
The ATI Radeon X1900 is running a Apple 30" display and a Sony Bravia 46" LCD.
If I replaced the ATI Radeon X1900 with a NVIDIA GeForce 120, would I be asking for trouble?
Thanks in advance.

If I replaced the ATI Radeon X1900 with a NVIDIA GeForce 120, would I be asking for trouble?
If your Mac Pro came with ATI Radeon X1900, then it needs a card with EFI-32 firmware. The NVIDIA GeForce 120 has EFI-64 firmware, and won't work in the pre 2008 Mac Pro. The only upgrade for early Mac Pros is the ATI Radeon HD 4870
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB999ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MTA4MzU2NTc>
(Despite what Apple says, it will work in any Mac Pro.)
You will need a Mini DisplayPort adapter for the second display,

What is the correct installation sequence for my ATI Radeon 9800 PRO MAC AGP 128MB into my Quicksilver 867 G4?

Hi.
I just got my used ATI Radeon 9800 PRO MAC AGP 128MB card.
What is the correct installation sequence into my Quicksilver 867 G4 running 10.4.11 on one drive 10.5 on another?
The original NVIDIA GeForce2 MX - 32MB SDRAM went bust.
Is the driver build in 10.4?
Do I remove the old driver?
If I need to install the driver that came with it, (10.3.6) should the card be installed first?
What about firmware updates?
Thank you for all your time and patience.
W.W.

I think it's the card, but here are some files that may affect it...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ByHost /com.apple.preference.displays.<12digitHex#>.plist
/Library/Preferences/com.apple.windowserver.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.windowserver.<12digitHe x#>.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.<12digitHex#>. plist

ATI 5870 card still the best?

Hi
Just about to buy a graphics card update and wonder - is the ATI 5870 still the best one for my early 2008 MAC PRO 3.0, 12GB RAM, Quad-core Intel Xeon - using MOTION 4 and latest FCP?
Thanks
K

Just down the list...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2752439&tstart=0
Patrick

[HOW-TO] Ati Radeon & Kernel 2.6 - Updated

[HOW-TO] Ati Radeon & Kernel 2.6
Updated on new ati-drivers 4.3.0
[CONTENTS]
1.1 Requirements
2.0 Compiling Kernel
2.1 Configuring Bootloader [GRUB]
3.0 Building & Generating modules
3.1 Pacthing modules
3.2 Compiling modules
3.3 Adding modules boot runlevel
4.0 fglrxconfig
4.1 Xorg.conf NEW!!
[1.1] Requirements
(All Intel & AMD users)
1. Ati Radeon 9xxx (Mine 9600 Sapphyre pro)
2. Kernel 2.8.x (Current 2.8.1)
3. wget, rpmunpack, cpio
4. PKGBUILD [FILE]
5. ati-drivers.install [FILE]
6. fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch New!!!
Those are code for listed files:
PKGBUILD New!!!
pkgname=ati-drivers
pkgver=3.11.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Proprietary (binary) drivers for ATI Radeon Cards."
url="www.ati.com/support/driver.html"
depends=('xfree86')
install="$pkgname.install"
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/fglrx-4.3.0-$pkgver.i386.rpm)
#md5sums=('9f7802ee0bbdeb5172673027056e789d')
# build-time deps: rpmunpack, cpio, gzip
build() {
cd $startdir/pkg
rpmunpack < $startdir/src/fglrx-4.3.0-$pkgver.i386.rpm | gzip -d | cpio -idmuv
chmod 755 -R .
mv opt/kde3 opt/kde
mkdir -p opt/gnome/share
mv usr/share/gnome/apps/ opt/gnome/share
rm -rf usr/share/gnome
usr/share/applnklib/modules/fglrx/{fglrx*.o,fglrx_info.txt}
usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.{GPL,QPL}
usr/X11R6/bin/*.bz2
ati-drivers.install New!!!
post_install() {
cat << EOF
NOTE
To create an fglrx module for your system, do:
cd /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod
./make.sh
cd ..
./make_install.sh
Make sure you have your full kernel tree at /usr/src/linux
Then initialize "fglrxconfig" to create an XF86Config
for your graphics card.
EOF
post_upgrade() {
/bin/true
pre_remove() {
/bin/true
op=$1
shift
$op $*
fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch New!!!
--- firegl_public.c 2004-03-17 17:00:29.000000000 -0500
+++ /lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c 2004-07-18 16:09:46.000000000 -0500
@@ -2010,8 +2010,8 @@
pMmPage = virt_to_page(kaddr);
#endif /* LINUX_VERSION_CODE < 0x020400 */
- atomic_inc(&(pMmPage->count)); /* inc usage count of page */
+// atomic_inc(&(pMmPage->_count)); /* inc usage count of page */
+ get_page(pMmPage);
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= 0x020400
// __KE_DEBUG3("vm-address 0x%08lx => kernel-page-address 0x%pn",
// address, page_address(pMmPage));
[2.0] Compiling kernel
<*> MTRR
e poi
<M> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
< > ALI chipset support
< > ATI chipset support
< > AMD Irongate, 761, and 762 chipset support
< > AMD Opteron/Athlon64 on-CPU GART support
< > Intel 440LX/BX/GX, I8xx and E7x05 chipset support
< > Intel i865 chipset support
< > NVIDIA nForce/nForce2 chipset support
< > SiS chipset support
< > Serverworks LE/HE chipset support
<M> VIA chipset support
< > Transmeta Efficeon support
[*] Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI support)
< > 3dfx Banshee/Voodoo3+
< > 3dlabs GMX 2000
< > ATI Rage 128
< > ATI Radeon
< > Matrox g200/g400
< > SiS video cards
make dep && make clean bzImage modules modules_install
[/code]
when finished,mount boot partition (if not already mounted)
[code]
mount /boot
[/code]
and copy kernel image to the boot directory, so the new kernel loads after computer restart. Pay attention to not overwrite existent kernels images in boot partition. For security issues rename it as ***_new.
[code]
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz_new
[/code]
[2.1] Configuring Bootloader [GRUB]
Edit your boot-loader config file.
I currently use grub instead of lilo.
[code]
nano /boot/grub/menu.lst
[/code]
Add a new sub-menu (this is an example) Check on the forum how to set-up a bootloader).
[code]
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux [/boot/vmlinuz_new]
root (hd0,3)
kernel (hd0,1)/vmlinuz_new root=/dev/discs/disc0/part4 ro
[/code]
REBOOT
[3.0] Building ati-drivers
Make a directory under /var/abs/local called ati
[code]
mkdir /var/abs/loca/ati
[/code]
copy in it the two files PKGBUILD ati-drivers.install
[code]
cp /path/to/file/PKGBUILD /var/abs/local/ati
cp /path/to/file/ati-drivers.install /var/abs/local/ati
[/code]
start building package
[code]
makepkg -c
[/code]
if all goes well, this will be the output
[code]
[root@CippaLippa ati]# makepkg -c
==> Making package: ati-drivers
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
==> .......
==> .......
==> Compressing man pages...
==> Stripping debugging symbols from libraries...
==> Stripping symbols from binaries...
==> Generating .PKGINFO file...
==> Copying install script...
==> Generating .FILELIST file...
==> Compressing package...
==> Cleaning up...
==> Finished making: ati-drivers (Tue Feb 10 15:11:13 CET 2004)
[root@CippaLippa ati]#
[/code]
It downloads necessary files and generates a file called ati-drivers-3.9.x.pkg.tar.gz
Install it using:
[code]
pacman -A ati-drivers-3.x.x.pkg.tar.gz
[/code]
This installation generates a folder in /lib/modules/fglrx
Change directory
[code]
cd /lib/modules/fglrx
[/code]
[3.1] Pacthing modules
To patch modules simply copy the two files .patch listed on top in this directory. Intel users must only install fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch, AMD users both.
[code]
cp /path/to/patch/fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch /lib/modules/fglrx
[/code]
change directory
[code]
cd build_mod
[/code]
to patch the file firegl_public.c
[code]
patch -b firegl_public.c ../fglrx-2.6-vmalloc-vmaddr.patch
[/code]
It's time to compile the modules
[code]
sh make.sh
[root@CippaLippa build_mod]# sh make.sh
ATI module generator V 2.0
==========================
initializing...
probing for VMA API version...
cleaning...
patching...
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.x
build succeeded with return value 0
duplicating results into driver repository...
done.
==============================
You must change your working directory to /lib/modules/fglrx
and then call ./make_install.sh in order to install the built module.
==============================
[/code]
change directory as you see on screen
[code]
cd /lib/modules/fglrx
[/code]
and compile in
[code]
sh make_install.sh
[/code]
if will be no errors in output, module fglrx were perfectly compiled in /lib/modules/2.6.x/kernel/drivers/char/drm/ and named "fglrx.ko"
[3.2] Adding modules boot runlevel
open /etc/rc.conf
[code]
nano /etc/rc.conf
[/code]
go to line MODULES= and add
[code]
agpgart via-agp fglrx rtc <== make sure always in this order
[/code]
(if your motherboard is "VIA" equipped, else check what do you have: the same configured in kernel under /dev/agpgart (AGP Support)
[4.0] fglrxconfig
Ati-drivers comes with a modified xf86config, utility to generate XF86config files.
Run
[code]
fglrxconfig
[/code]
and a welcome screen appear
[code]
==============================================================================
ATI - FIRE GL - BE THE CREATOR
==============================================================================
This program will create the ATI "XF86Config-4" file
- based on your selections - for the below listed boardtypes...
- ATI Radeon 8500 / 9100
- ATI FireGL 8700 / 8800 / E1
- ATI FireGL T2
- ATI Radeon 9000
- ATI Radeon 9200
- ATI Radeon 9500
- ATI Radeon 9600
- ATI Radeon 9700
- ATI Radeon 9800
- ATI FireGL Z1 / X1 / X2
- ATI Mobility M9
- ATI Mobility FireGL 9000
- ATI Mobility M9PLUS
The "XF86Config-4" file usually resides in /etc/X11.
Press [Enter] to continue, press 'q'&[Enter] or [Ctrl]+'c' to abort.
[/code]
follow the on-screen steps leaving default settings. Configure only mouse, keyboard, screen frequencies and resolution. At least when prompt for:
[code]
External AGPGART module:
external agpgart module execute this on the commandline (as root):
/sbin/insmod agpgart
or alternatively configure your system to auto load the module.
Do you want to use the external AGP GART module (y/n)? [y]
[/code]
be sure to answer "YES".
[4.1] Xorg.cong New!!!
Xorg configuration file, resides in /etc/X11.
It is XF86config renamed and Will replace soon it, with the new video system based on Xorg.
This is my xorg.conf file:
[code]
Section "dri"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension
SubSection "extmod"
Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension
EndSubSection
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx" # libglx.a
Load "dri" # libdri.a
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
ModulePath "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard1"
Driver "Keyboard"
Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "it"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse1"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 31-96
VertRefresh 55-160
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Standard VGA"
VendorName "Unknown"
BoardName "Unknown"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Driver "fglrx"
#Option "NoDDC"
Option "no_accel" "no"
Option "no_dri" "no"
Option "DesktopSetup" "0x00000000"
Option "MonitorLayout" "AUTO, AUTO"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "off"
Option "HSync2" "unspecified"
Option "VRefresh2" "unspecified"
Option "ScreenOverlap" "0"
Option "NoTV" "yes"
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
Option "TVHSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVVSizeAdj" "0"
Option "TVHPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVVPosAdj" "0"
Option "TVHStartAdj" "0"
Option "TVColorAdj" "0"
Option "GammaCorrectionI" "0x00000000"
Option "GammaCorrectionII" "0x00000000"
Option "Capabilities" "0x00000000"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "CenterMode" "off"
Option "PseudoColorVisuals" "off"
Option "Stereo" "off"
Option "StereoSyncEnable" "1"
Option "FSAAScale" "1"
Option "FSAADisableGamma" "no"
Option "FSAACustomizeMSPos" "no"
Option "FSAAMSPosX0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY0" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY1" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY2" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY3" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY4" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosX5" "0.000000"
Option "FSAAMSPosY5" "0.000000"
Option "UseFastTLS" "0"
Option "BlockSignalsOnLock" "on"
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "ForceGenericCPU" "no"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0" # vendor=1002, device=4150
Screen 0
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "ATI Graphics Adapter"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
#Option "backingstore"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
ViewPort 0 0 # initial origin if mode is smaller than desktop
EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Server Layout"
Screen "Screen0"
InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
[/code]
REBOOT
Start in X with kde, gnome or othet window manager.
If X does not start you maybe made something wrong, retry from the beginning. Else if it starts, check if DRI os working
[code]
fgl_glxgears
[/code]
if it is working, a rotating cube will appear in a new windows, and if it is so.....
ENJOY
**SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH **

Using kernel 2.6.2
I'm starting over again but now cannot get the PKGBUILD to complete. I had this problem this morning as well, but after editing the PKGBUILD file did eventually get it to complete. This is the output of makepkg -c using the PKGBUILD as posted:
[root@Arch2 ati]# makepkg -c
==> Making package: ati-drivers (Wed Feb 11 16:11:02 GMT 2004)
==> Checking Runtime Dependencies...
==> Checking Buildtime Dependencies...
==> Retrieving Sources...
==> Downloading fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8.i586.rpm
--16:11:02-- http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/fglrx … 8.i586.rpm
=> `fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8.i586.rpm'
Resolving www2.ati.com... 62.25.100.58, 62.25.100.32
Connecting to www2.ati.com[62.25.100.58]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 4,365,039 [audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin]
100%[====================================>] 4,365,039 55.23K/s ETA 00:00
16:12:27 (50.80 KB/s) - `fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8.i586.rpm' saved [4365039/4365039]
==> Validating source files with MD5sums
fglrx-glc22-4.3.0-3.2.8.i586.rpm ... Passed
==> Extracting Sources...
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/2.6.x/Makefile
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agp.h
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agp3.c
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agp_backend.h
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agpgart.h
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/agpgart_be.c
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.c
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/firegl_public.h
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/i7505-agp.c
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC2
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/libfglrx_ip.a.GCC3
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/make.sh
./lib/modules/fglrx/build_mod/nvidia-agp.c
./lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.18-17.7.x.o
./lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.18-17.8.0.o
./lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.20-6-SMP.o
./lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.20-6.o
./lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.ent-SMP.o
./lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.ent.o
./lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx.2.4.21-1.1931.2.349.2.2.entbigmem-SMP.o
./lib/modules/fglrx/fglrx_info.txt
./lib/modules/fglrx/make_install.sh
./opt/kde3/share/applnk/fireglcontrol_kde3.desktop
./usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.GPL
./usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.QPL
./usr/X11R6/bin/fgl_glxgears
./usr/X11R6/bin/fglrx_xgamma
./usr/X11R6/bin/fglrxconfig
./usr/X11R6/bin/fglrxinfo
./usr/X11R6/bin/fireglcontrol.qt2.gcc2.96.bz2
./usr/X11R6/bin/fireglcontrol.qt3.gcc3.2.bz2
./usr/X11R6/bin/fireglcontrol.qtstatic.gcc2.96.bz2
./usr/X11R6/include/X11/extensions/fglrx_gamma.h
./usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2
./usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_gamma.a
./usr/X11R6/lib/libfglrx_gamma.so.1.0
./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so
./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.o
./usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.a
./usr/include/GL/glxATI.h
./usr/share/applnk/fireglcontrol.kdelnk
./usr/share/gnome/apps/fireglcontrol.desktop
./usr/share/icons/ati.xpm
./usr/share/pixmaps/ati.xpm
./usr/src/ATI/fglrx_panel_sources.tgz
./usr/src/ATI/fglrx_sample_source.tgz
21763 blocks
/usr/bin/makepkg: line 23: usr/share/applnklib/modules/fglrx/fglrx*.o: No such file or directory
usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.GPL: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('
usr/X11R6/bin/LICENSE.GPL: line 2: ` The Qt GUI Toolkit is Copyright (C) 1994-2000 Trolltech AS.'
/usr/bin/makepkg: line 25: usr/X11R6/bin/fireglcontrol.qt2.gcc2.96.bz2: cannot execute binary file
==> ERROR: Build Failed. Aborting...
[root@Arch2 ati]#
I seem to be going backwards!

Am I using my drives in the best way in terms of performance?

I want to make sure I'm using my iMac and drives in the way that will give me the best FCPX performance.
I have a mid-2010 iMac 2.93 GHz i7 core with 32 GB of RAM running OS 10.7.5. It has an ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB graphics card. My iMac has two internal drives: a 256 GB flash drive (my "Macintosh HD"), and a 2 TB standard drive (my "Macintosh HD2"). I also have an external 2 TB drive from OWC/Macsales connected with Firewire 800. I can't find the specifics on this OWC external drive, but I know I bought it as a video editing drive (it is not just for backing-up). Though they introduced soon after my iMac, mine does not have a Thunderbolt port.
As things stand now, my OS and FCPX are on the main internal hard drive (it's my understanding that that is where they are automatically), which is the 256 GB flash drive labeled "Macintosh HD." And I have my FCP event libraries and my projects on the second internal drive, which is the 2 TB internal drive labeled "Macintosh HD2." Right now I'm only using the OWC 2 TB external firewire 800 drive for storing the video I upload from my cameras.
Does this sound like the best way to go in terms of performance? I mean, is it better to use the internal 2TB drive for my events and projects? Or would they be better on the OWC 2 TB external firewire 800 drive? Or should the projects be on one and the events on the other?

T'bolt SSD or T'bolt RAID will be faster than your internal spinning disk drive. For sure.
Larger drives are faster than smaller drives, mechanically. But the data throughput is the same. The differences are so small no one can notice in real world work. But you get so many advantages with larger drives.
See, a hard drive encoluser has more than one platter in it. A single 4 TB drive can have 4 platters in it. so it access data, "mechanicaly" faster than a smaller drive with only 1 or 2 platters. BUT when that data hits the controller card, the interface protocol (FW, USB, SATA, etc), it all shuts down to the same speed. The platters and read/write heads are physicall MUCH faster than what the interface and controller card can handle. So all that matters is how it gets connected. USB 2 suck, FW is minimal for video, eSATA and SATA are pretty darned good, 6GB SSD is awesome, as is T'bolt.
Let me put it this way. spinning disks are slower than SSDs in terms of internal "data access" (read/write) speed. Both have to deal with the same "bandwidth" issues when they hit an interface such as USB or FW or T'bolt. Two mechanically different things, but the work together to give you the total sum of a drives ultimate real world performance.
Now, a single SATA drive internally will be very slightly slower than a SATA drive in a T'bolt encoluser. Because T'bolt has greater bandwidth than SATA. But, the differences are so small, in daily real world operations no one would notice, and the price of the T'bot SATA enclosure would just be expensive.
That is why you see T'bolt enclosures with SATA drives always as RAIDs, 2 or more drives. That's were SATA drives and T'bolt really shine. T'bot really shines with SSD RAIDs, but their super expensive and super limited capacity.
But directly to your question, hard drives are the opposite of automobiles; bigger is always faster.

Alternatives to ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB

Hi Guys,
I'm pretty sure my ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB graphics card has failed...
I run MacPro1,1 (2008) Dual-Core Intel Xeon with 2 x 23-inch DVI Apple Cinema Displays. Tonight only one of the screens would wake from sleep - the screen in port 2.
I've tried...
1. Swapping the DVI cables, this results in the non waking screen waking and the waking screen, not waking.
2. Tried running just one screen off DVI port 1 and nothing happened, blank screen but power light on.
3. Tried running same screen off DVI port 2 and still nothing happened, blank screen but power light on.
To re-cap - None of the DVI ports work on their own and only Port 2 works when both screens are plugged in.
So... is there any other tests or checks I can do to confirm 100% it's a faulty card? I've unplugged and done the SMC reset.
Secone part to this - if the card is shot can anyone recommend an upgrade to the ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512 MB?
Thanks
Pete

You could use a Mini-DisplayPort to DVI adaptor on one of the ports, I would think. Otherwise, you don't have two many choices. You might look for a used ATI 4870, Mac Edition model. It's performance will be similar to the 5770 since the 2006 MP only has PCI-e 1.0 slots so the 5770 can't take advantage of it's capabilities if installed in a PCI-e 2.0 slot.
Other cards that will work include the older Nvidia 8800 GT for Mac. You must be sure with these other cards that you look for the ones that are compatible with a Mac Pro. These were the ones made specifically for Apple. Non-Apple cards will not work unless you have the hardware, ability, and knowledge to re-flash ROMs.

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