Video Card Enough?

I'm looking at purchasing the 24" iMac. However, I'm wondering if I will need the higher end graphics card. I don't intend to do any gaming on the system, but will definitely use Aperture, iMovie and more than likely Final Cut Express for home movies. Will the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO w/256MB card suffice or should I go for the updgrade? Thanks...

Aperture and iMovie, YES - The "low-end" choice is certainly good enough. Final Cut Express - It will not limit the software's capabilities in any way, but I'm sure Final Cut, whether Express or Pro, will benefit from having a better video card. Whether it makes a difference to you depends on what features you use and what you ask the software to do.
Upgrade the RAM to the maximum. That will have more impact than the video card. You can do it after market to save some money.

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IMac 24" with 7600 video card - enough juice?

Building out my shopping list and I will be editing HDV from either a Sony HDR-HC7 or a Canon HV-20.
We are somewhat between the iMac 20/24" and other than the larger screen area, I felt the Nvidea 7600 would give some additional performance. It seems like a no-brainer upgrade the video card for the price on the 24"
If I did the 20" then I would upgrade the video memory on the 1600 to 256MB.
One of the main reasons for the iMac will be for my wife and kids to edit HDV in iMovie and FinalCut Express (if they re-initiate the $99 offer that was just removed ... yikes!).
Just looking for some personal experiences.
Thanks
Jim

The iMac is a great machine, whether it's a 20" or a 24".
My suggestions include:
1) put at least 2GB RAM in it if you're serious about editing, esp. editing HDV,
2) upgrade at least to the 500GB internal hard drive, believe me in the long run you will appreciate having it
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IBook G4...Video Card good enough?

On the 14" iBook, is the ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 with 32MB of dedicated DDR SDRAM good enough to be handle Photoshop CS2, and other high-end graphics software? I'm looking at getting an iBook for Graphics creation and other Media, but I'm not sure if the 32MB will be able to handle it. Can anyone help me out here?
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As long as you are talking about 2D graphics which photoshop, illustrator, etc. are designed to handle, 32 MB of Vram is plenty. Even 8 MB of Vram would do the job. I have been working for years with photoshop on a power Mac 7600 with 6 MB of Vram.
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Peter

Is a ATI Radeon X1900XT (512 MB) card enough to drive a single monitor for video editing

My son just given an older mac pro.
2 x 3 GHZ Quad Intel Xeon.
OSX Lion
The video card installed is an ATI Radeon X1900XT (512 MB)
Is this video card sufficient to drive a single monitor for video editing and basic graphics work in PhotoShop, etc?
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Genius needs to help! problems with my video card and system

Hey guys! I'm going to post my specs first so that you get a good idea of what I'm running on:
MSI Neo2 LS 865PE.....MAT=Slow
Pentium4 2.4C.....FSB=233=2.8C hyperthreading enabled ~>1.55V
Corsair TwinX 1gig PC3700.....memory on "AUTO" in BIOS with timings at 3,4,4,8 ~> 2.7V
Radeon 9700NP.....stock speeds ~>1.7V
AlienX case with 2 fan400 watt power supply and 6 case fans
Zalman Alum/Copper heatsink fan
1:I've had this motherboard for a few months now. I upgraded my video card from a nVidia Ti4200(128meg) to a Radeon 9800 a month ago, but I couldn't get it working at 8X AGP, no matter what voltages I threw at it. I returned it for a Radeon 9700NP hoping that it would work, but it still won't.
I'm using BIOS 1.9 and since there is no option to select your AGP speed, I could only try using ATI's drivers. Once booted into Windows, there is a slider you can move to select you AGP speed. On my machine It says that It has performed some tests and has concluded that AGP 4x is the best for my system....but my system supports AGP 8X!
I've moved the slider over to 8x (which requires a reboot) at least 5 times with each card but the slider refuses to move past 4xAGP after the reboot.
2: My second problem: I had an old stick of KingMax PC3200 and decided to buy 3 more sticks. Unfortunatly, the 3 I bought did not match the one I had, so I only put 2 of the new sticks I bought into my system. Immediatly, My system would crash, lock up, files were corrupt, and I got PLENTY of blue screens of death with a long message containing: 0x0000007 with all these other numbers and "0"s. I did a search online and found out I had a hardware incompatibility problem. I never got this with my old stick of ram.
I returned the 3 sticks of Ram and replaced them with the Corsair. Put my new Radeon 9700 in, formatted my hard drive....and within 24 hours, my system locked up 3 times, rebooted itself 5 times, and gave me the same BSOD as mentioned above with the same long message.
I didn't change anything except for the memory and the video card. I've been wanting to overclock, (thats why i bought the faster memory ) but I'm not sure what to do at this point.
I have my FSB at 233 but I'm scared to go any higher because of previous system instability at stock speeds. My RAM was running on 400 and MAT=Turbo with the most relaxed timings at 3,4,4,8.
I've given myself hours of sleepless nights formatting when my system wouldnt boot into windows; overclocking....etc. I NEED HELP. PLEASE. PLEASE. Anything could work at this point.
I'm trying to get more info on how to run my system at a 5:4 ratio, also.
If anyone has problems like me or knows what could be the problem with my system, please reply to this post, it would help me a lot. I've been trying to fix these problems for a few months now so anything is greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot to you guys that responded. I brought my computer home this past holiday and I want to let you know where I stand as of now. I guess this thread is like my blog for my computer. I want to clear some things before my first post makes everyone confused.
1- I have only 2 sticks of memory in my system: the Corsair PC3700 TwinX 512x2
I returned the 3 KingMax I bought, and still keep my old stick just in case.
2- I am using the 400 watt power supply that came with the case. I read some reviews of the case and I know the reviewer did not have problems with the power supply. In my BIOS, there are some voltages it is weak on. Lets say: it it should be 5.00+, my power supply will be feeding it 4.96v or something like that, but I dont know, or think, that is a major problem...
3- My computer will refuse to boot if memory speeds are set at anything below 400. SO....if I want to use a 5:4 ratio and have to set my memory speeds to "333" in BIOS, my system refuses to boot.
4- This morning, I did manage to overclock my FSB to 250. Specs are as follow:
Memory Timing @3,4,4,8,4.....speed set at "AUTO".....MAT at "SLOW"
MY 2.4C's FSB was raised to 250 = 3.0gig
AGP/PCI frequency: 67.xx/3x.xx (cant go any lower)
CPU voltage: 1.5500
Memory voltage: 2.75
Video Card voltage: 1.7
Everything was fine for the whole day until I heard something click in my computer around midnight, and then seconds later, my computer froze and made a continuous beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. (you can imagine)
This "click" and system crash has been plaguing me for months now. I dont know whay it happens. I was just using AIM when I heard the click and my heart stopped.
My memory speeds have been set to "AUTO" even at the FSB of 250. But I don't know if this still means my system is at a 1:1 ratio. I know the BIOS then adjusts the memory to work at 500 if my FSB is 250...so I assume it is? I love 3gig, but somehow I feel that 2.8 is faster, since the FSB=233 running parallel to my memory, also at 233
A FSB of 250 is good enough for me, that's what I've been waiting 6 months for. If anyone knows how to set other ratios to achieve a FSB of 250+, please let me know, but as I said, my memory won't boot if its set at "333"

Fglrx not finding my video card

holla balloj!
vid card: ATI radeon X850XT on a x86_64
Uncommonly enough i have some ati drivers that doesn't wanna do what i tell em to do. And it seem to be the fglrx module that cant find my card and then the fglrx(0) shows up and it seem like my dear X buddy is loading the vesa driver and thus i can't watch the one and only season of Firefly in a druuling 720p quality.
Please help me see Firefly in 720p
(and switch desktops without 2 secs delays etc etc (including to play a number of pc games))
Xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "0"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "freetype"
# Load "xtt"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 31.5 - 90.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "fglrx"
Card "** ATI Radeon (generic) [radeon]"
BusID "PCI:5:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
And the log!
X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux juppaCom 2.6.27-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Dec 21 09:13:30 UTC 2008 x86_64
Build Date: 17 December 2008 10:46:49PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Dec 28 02:42:13 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) Option "AllowEmptyInput" "0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) Loader magic: 0x7b54e0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 4.1
X.Org XInput driver : 2.1
X.Org Server Extension : 1.1
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.6
(II) Loader running on linux
(--) using VT number 7
(--) PCI:*(0@5:0:0) ATI Technologies Inc R480 [Radeon X850XT (PCIE)] (Primary) rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfd7f0000/65536, I/O @ 0x00006c00/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(--) PCI: (0@5:0:1) ATI Technologies Inc R480 [Radeon X850XT (PCIE)] (Secondary) rev 0, Mem @ 0xfd7e0000/65536
(II) System resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.6
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(==) AIGLX disabled
(WW) fglrx: Force AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module record
(II) UnloadModule: "record"
(EE) Failed to load module "record" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "xtrap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libxtrap.so
(II) Module xtrap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) Loading extension DEC-XTRAP
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module type1
(II) UnloadModule: "type1"
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so
(II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.56.4
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.3.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.3.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 05@00:00:0
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.56.4
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.561
(II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Dec 1 2008 14:56:52
(WW) This ATI Proprietary Linux Driver does not guarantee support of video driver ABI higher than 2.0
(WW) Video driver ABI version of the X server is 4.1
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@5:0:1) found
(--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x5D52) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@5:0:1) found
(II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
(II) AMD Video driver is signed
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
(II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x181c200
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[16] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[17] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[18] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[19] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[24] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[25] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[26] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[27] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[28] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(II) fglrx(0): === [atiddxPreInit] === begin
(II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
(II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvgahw.so
(II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) fglrx(0): PCI bus 5 card 0 func 0
(**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
(==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(II) fglrx(0): Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb
(II) fglrx(0): 10BitPixelFormat disabled by default
(==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
(II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for I is 0x06419064
(==) fglrx(0): Gamma Correction for II is 0x06419064
(==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfglrxdrm.so
(II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.56.4
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "RADEON X850 XT" (Chipset = 0x5d52)
(--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x1002, PciSubDevice = 0x0b12)
(--) fglrx(0): board vendor info: original ATI graphics adapter
(--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xd0000000
(--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xfd7f0000
(--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x00006c00
(==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
(II) Loading sub module "int10"
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(II) Loading sub module "vbe"
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 9.7
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2003, ATI Technologies Inc.
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: R480
(II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
(II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:5:0:0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:5:0:0
(II) fglrx(0): Using adapter: 5:0.0.
(II) fglrx(0): [FB] MC range(MCFBBase = 0xc0000000, MCFBSize = 0x10000000)
(--) fglrx(0): Video RAM: 262144 kByte, Type: DDR3
(II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
(II) fglrx(0): board/chipset is supported by this driver (original ATI board)
(II) Loading sub module "ddc"
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(II) fglrx(0): ***Display: ConnectedDisplayTypes=0x00000001, disabled=0x00000000
(II) fglrx(0): Connected Display1: CRT on primary DAC [crt1]
(II) fglrx(0): Display1 EDID data ---------------------------
(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: PHL Model: e01e Serial#: 717343
(II) fglrx(0): Year: 2005 Week: 3
(II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3
(II) fglrx(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V
(II) fglrx(0): Sync: Separate
(II) fglrx(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 36 vert.: 27
(II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 2.96
(II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
(II) fglrx(0): Default color space is primary color space
(II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
(II) fglrx(0): GTF timings supported
(II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.631 redY: 0.329 greenX: 0.276 greenY: 0.600
(II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.143 blueY: 0.057 whiteX: 0.283 whiteY: 0.297
(II) fglrx(0): Supported VESA Video Modes:
(II) fglrx(0): 720x400@70Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 720x400@88Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@67Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@72Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 640x480@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@56Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@72Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 800x600@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 832x624@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@60Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@70Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1024x768@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1280x1024@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): 1152x870@75Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
(II) fglrx(0): Supported Future Video Modes:
(II) fglrx(0): #0: hsize: 800 vsize 600 refresh: 85 vid: 22853
(II) fglrx(0): #1: hsize: 1024 vsize 768 refresh: 85 vid: 22881
(II) fglrx(0): #2: hsize: 1280 vsize 1024 refresh: 85 vid: 39297
(II) fglrx(0): #3: hsize: 1920 vsize 1440 refresh: 60 vid: 16593
(II) fglrx(0): #4: hsize: 1600 vsize 1200 refresh: 60 vid: 16553
(II) fglrx(0): #5: hsize: 1600 vsize 1200 refresh: 65 vid: 17833
(II) fglrx(0): #6: hsize: 1280 vsize 960 refresh: 85 vid: 22913
(II) fglrx(0): #7: hsize: 1600 vsize 1200 refresh: 70 vid: 19113
(II) fglrx(0): Supported additional Video Mode:
(II) fglrx(0): clock: 202.0 MHz Image Size: 360 x 270 mm
(II) fglrx(0): h_active: 1600 h_sync: 1664 h_sync_end 1856 h_blank_end 2160 h_border: 0
(II) fglrx(0): v_active: 1200 v_sync: 1201 v_sync_end 1204 v_blanking: 1250 v_border: 0
(II) fglrx(0): Serial No: CX 717343
(II) fglrx(0): Monitor name: PHILIPS 109B6
(II) fglrx(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 160 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 97 kHz, PixClock max 230 MHz
(II) fglrx(0): EDID (in hex):
(II) fglrx(0): 00ffffffffffff00410c1ee01ff20a00
(II) fglrx(0): 030f010368241bc4ef9ea8a154469924
(II) fglrx(0): 0e484cffef80455961598199d140a940
(II) fglrx(0): a9458159a94ae84e403062b0324040c0
(II) fglrx(0): 1300680e1100001e000000ff00204358
(II) fglrx(0): 20203731373334330a20000000fc0050
(II) fglrx(0): 48494c495053203130394236000000fd
(II) fglrx(0): 0032a01e6117000a2020202020200006
(II) fglrx(0): End of Display1 EDID data --------------------
(WW) fglrx(0): Only one display is connnected,so single mode is enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Primary Controller - CRT on primary DAC
(II) fglrx(0): Internal Desktop Setting: 0x00000001
(II) fglrx(0): POWERplay version 3. 1 power state available:
(II) fglrx(0): 1. 520/540MHz @ 0Hz [enable load balancing]
(==) fglrx(0): QBS disabled
(==) fglrx(0): FAST_SWAP disabled
(==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled
(==) fglrx(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(==) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled
(==) fglrx(0): TMDS coherent mode is enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Total of 27 modes found for primary display.
(--) fglrx(0): Virtual size is 1600x1200 (pitch 0)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1600x1200": 162.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 75.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x60.0 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 (75.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1280x1024": 128.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 74.6 kHz, 70.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x70.0 128.94 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync (74.6 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 108.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 (64.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 85.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 50.9 kHz, 47.0 Hz (I)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x47.0 85.51 1280 1344 1480 1680 1024 1025 1028 1083 interlace +hsync (50.9 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 77.8 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 46.3 kHz, 43.0 Hz (I)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x43.0 77.80 1280 1344 1480 1680 1024 1025 1028 1077 interlace +hsync (46.3 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1024x768": 75.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 56.5 kHz, 70.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x70.0 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 +hsync +vsync (56.5 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 +hsync +vsync (48.4 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1440x900": 106.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 55.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1440x900"x60.0 106.50 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 +vsync (55.9 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1400x1050": 121.8 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 65.3 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0 121.75 1400 1488 1632 1864 1050 1053 1057 1089 +hsync (65.3 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x960": 108.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 (60.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x768": 79.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 47.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x768"x60.0 79.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 768 771 778 798 +hsync (47.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x720": 74.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 44.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 +hsync (44.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 96.8 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 63.0 kHz, 70.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x70.0 96.76 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 900 +hsync (63.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 81.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 53.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x60.0 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync (53.7 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 64.7 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 43.0 kHz, 47.0 Hz (I)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x47.0 64.67 1152 1208 1328 1504 864 865 868 915 interlace +hsync (43.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 58.3 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 39.2 kHz, 43.0 Hz (I)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x43.0 58.28 1152 1200 1320 1488 864 865 868 911 interlace +hsync (39.2 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "960x720": 55.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 44.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "960x720"x60.0 55.85 960 1008 1104 1248 720 721 724 746 +hsync (44.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "864x648": 45.1 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 40.2 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "864x648"x60.0 45.08 864 904 992 1120 648 649 652 671 +hsync (40.2 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "800x600": 45.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 43.8 kHz, 70.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x70.0 45.50 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625 +hsync (43.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 37.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.0 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 (37.9 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.2 kHz, 56.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.0 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 (35.2 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "720x576": 32.7 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x576"x60.0 32.66 720 744 816 912 576 577 580 597 +hsync (35.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.0 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 +hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x400": 24.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x400"x60.0 24.92 640 664 760 792 400 460 462 525 (31.5 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "400x300": 22.3 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 45.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "400x300"x60.0 22.33 400 416 480 496 300 601 605 742 doublescan (45.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x240"x60.0 12.59 320 328 376 400 240 491 493 525 doublescan (31.5 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "320x200": 12.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x200"x60.0 12.59 320 336 384 400 200 457 459 524 doublescan (31.5 kHz)
(--) fglrx(0): Display dimensions: (360, 270) mm
(--) fglrx(0): DPI set to (112, 112)
(--) fglrx(0): Virtual size is 1600x1200 (pitch 1600)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1600x1200": 162.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 75.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x60.0 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 (75.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1280x1024": 128.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 74.6 kHz, 70.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x70.0 128.94 1280 1368 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync (74.6 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 108.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 64.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 (64.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 85.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 50.9 kHz, 47.0 Hz (I)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x47.0 85.51 1280 1344 1480 1680 1024 1025 1028 1083 interlace +hsync (50.9 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x1024": 77.8 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 46.3 kHz, 43.0 Hz (I)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x43.0 77.80 1280 1344 1480 1680 1024 1025 1028 1077 interlace +hsync (46.3 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1024x768": 75.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 56.5 kHz, 70.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x70.0 75.00 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 +hsync +vsync (56.5 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 +hsync +vsync (48.4 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1440x900": 106.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 55.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1440x900"x60.0 106.50 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 +vsync (55.9 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1400x1050": 121.8 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 65.3 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0 121.75 1400 1488 1632 1864 1050 1053 1057 1089 +hsync (65.3 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x960": 108.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 60.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 (60.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x768": 79.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 47.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x768"x60.0 79.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 768 771 778 798 +hsync (47.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1280x720": 74.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 44.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1280x720"x60.0 74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 +hsync (44.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 96.8 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 63.0 kHz, 70.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x70.0 96.76 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 900 +hsync (63.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 81.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 53.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x60.0 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 +hsync (53.7 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 64.7 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 43.0 kHz, 47.0 Hz (I)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x47.0 64.67 1152 1208 1328 1504 864 865 868 915 interlace +hsync (43.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "1152x864": 58.3 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 39.2 kHz, 43.0 Hz (I)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1152x864"x43.0 58.28 1152 1200 1320 1488 864 865 868 911 interlace +hsync (39.2 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "960x720": 55.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 44.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "960x720"x60.0 55.85 960 1008 1104 1248 720 721 724 746 +hsync (44.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "864x648": 45.1 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 40.2 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "864x648"x60.0 45.08 864 904 992 1120 648 649 652 671 +hsync (40.2 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "800x600": 45.5 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 43.8 kHz, 70.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x70.0 45.50 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 625 +hsync (43.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 37.9 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.0 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 (37.9 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.2 kHz, 56.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.0 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 (35.2 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "720x576": 32.7 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 35.8 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x576"x60.0 32.66 720 744 816 912 576 577 580 597 +hsync (35.8 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.0 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 +hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x400": 24.9 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x400"x60.0 24.92 640 664 760 792 400 460 462 525 (31.5 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "400x300": 22.3 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 45.0 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "400x300"x60.0 22.33 400 416 480 496 300 601 605 742 doublescan (45.0 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x240"x60.0 12.59 320 328 376 400 240 491 493 525 doublescan (31.5 kHz)
(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "320x200": 12.6 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz (D)
(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x200"x60.0 12.59 320 336 384 400 200 457 459 524 doublescan (31.5 kHz)
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
(==) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
(II) Loading sub module "xaa"
(II) LoadModule: "xaa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libxaa.so
(II) Module xaa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.5.3, module version = 1.2.1
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 4.1
(==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
(II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
(II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfglrxdrm.so
(==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
(==) fglrx(0): cpuFlags: 0x4000000b
(==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
(II) fglrx(0): [pcie] 262144 kB allocated
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM buffer queue setup: nbufs = 100 bufsize = 65536
(==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
(==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
(II) fglrx(0): Direct rendering enabled
(II) fglrx(0): AC Adapter is used
(II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 18.
(II) fglrx(0): Exposed events to the /proc interface
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC? No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[12] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[16] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprU)
[17] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprU)
[18] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprU)
[19] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[24] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[25] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[26] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[b]
[27] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
[28] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) fglrx(0): driver needs X.org 1.4.x.y with x.y >= 99.906
(II) fglrx(0): detected X.org 7.4.3.0
(II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
(II) fglrx(0): doing DRIScreenInit
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit for fglrx driver
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:5:0:0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 10, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 10
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:5:0:0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:5:0:0"
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0x7fd22f841000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x3000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
(II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.56.4
(II) fglrx(0): Date: Dec 1 2008
(II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
(II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.27-ARCH
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
(II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x00004000
(II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull!
(II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xc0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x00960000
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1600,1536)
(II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1600,1200) (front color buffer - assumption)
(II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1600 x 336
(==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled
(II) Loading extension FGLRXEXTENSION
(II) Loading extension ATITVOUT
(II) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled
(II) fglrx(0): Using XFree86 Acceleration Architecture (XAA)
Screen to screen bit blits
Solid filled rectangles
8x8 mono pattern filled rectangles
Solid Lines
Dashed Lines
Setting up tile and stipple cache:
24 128x128 slots
(II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
(II) LoadModule: "amdxmm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//amdxmm.so
(II) Module amdxmm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 1.1
(II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1
(II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
(==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled
(==) fglrx(0): Using hardware cursor
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:5:0:0
drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
drmOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 11
drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports PCI:5:0:0
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x23
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(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
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(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x72
(II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/dri/fglrx_dri.so
(II) GLX: Initialized DRI GL provider for screen 0
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard0: always reports core events
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "dvorak"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled
(**) Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
(**) Mouse0: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Mouse0: Protocol: "ImPS/2"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse0: always reports core events
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(==) Mouse0: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Mouse0: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
(**) Mouse0: Buttons: 9
(**) Mouse0: Sensitivity: 1
(II) evaluating device (Keyboard0)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) evaluating device (Mouse0)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
(II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
(II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
output of lspci
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R480 [Radeon X850XT (PCIE)] (Primary)
05:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R480 [Radeon X850XT (PCIE)] (Secondary)
Ive tried telling my dear drivers where the graph card is by extracting the info from lspci and put in
"PCI:5:0:0"
But that doesn't seem to help (and 5:0:1 makes the X go bananas and refuse to start, but i have no idea why i have two of them pci busses occupied by me video card according to pciutils)
Then i realize that the fglrx module probably do find the bus! Just not a device to match with it (that's what the log sais), so after some searching i found something about that maybe the device identifier wasn't created in the /dev dir (/dev/dri/<device identifier>) But of what i could list it actully where there under the name of card0 wich i assumed the card identifier had to be named aswell, but after changing that... no dice. And it seemes like the vesa driver finds the device .
It is for me admitingly weird that when loading the vesa driver Ce X finds my card under /dev/dri/card0 But not from the begging with the "ati-driver"
I reasently switched from debian, after switching from gentoo, after switching from ubuntu. And i remembered that the stable ati driver for the x850xt card didnt work with debians new kernel (!) so had to use the one from the test branch... But trying that here on arch (using the 8.12-2 driver) didnt work either. And unfortunally i cant find the info again on what driver the debian ppl had modified that did and did not work.
It feels like there is some minor fault i myself overlooked the past 3 days, so hope that providing this information to you might make a bell ring out there for someone.
Juppa
PS! hope i didnt confuse you to much, im abit confused by the log and the texts ive read, apparently fglrx is the ati module and catalyst is the driver, but you are sposed to put fglrx as driver in the xorg.conf so it must be the driver? And accorinding to the log it involves the fglrx eh... module when loading the vesa driver, or is the log just telling me that the fglrx module/driver has been disabled (fglrx(0)) and that they went on trying with the vesa driver/module instead?

In order to be viewed on the iPhone, YouTube is transcoding all their content to H.264. The initial announcement said- They'll have 10,000 videos ready by June 29th, and should complete transcoding the collection by this fall.
Since there are literally hundreds of thousands of YouTube videos out there (if not more), they just haven't gotten to transcoding your video yet (doing their Most Viewed videos first).

Video Card for Photoshop CS5

Hi,
I'm deciding between these two cards (I do not want to spend more than 70/80 bucks as I might be selling the PC in some time):
http://www.amazon.com/GeForce-ENGT430-DC-SL-1GD3/dp/B0051UWKUW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF8& coliid=I3KL9BC6YWAB99&colid=F5P3DUM50O0I (US$ 70)
http://www.amazon.com/EAH6570-1GD3-LP-Radeon-Video/dp/B004X8EOB6/ref=wl_it_dp_o_npd?ie=UTF 8&coliid=I2P1Y17T0IZJPH&colid=F5P3DUM50O0I (US$ 81)
I would want it to be fanless (one of the main reasons I'm focusing on the GT 430) and not bigger in height than these posted, and preferably made by Asus or some other good brand.
At the time I have an onboard Intel GMA X4500HD (which uses my Ram; I have 6GB - and I have an Core2Duo 3GHz 6MB Cache), but I'm having trouble moving various layers at the same time (this file I'm working on for instance weighs 30MB and has "many" layers and folders, but nearly no images; it's all text and vector shapes, and some Smart Objects).
When I move 3/4/5 folders (with layers in it) at the same time it drags quite a lot. Would this have to do with the graphics card? It's the only reason I could think of, because the processor is quite powerful, I have more than enough Ram (ddr3), and I even have a scratch disc that is not the main Hd.
Many thanks in advance!
Jimmy
PD: I'm working on Windows 7 64bit

I opened a file I have with a lot of layers grouped into a number of groups, and many of the layers have effects. A relatively complex document.
When I select a whole bunch of the groups then use the move tool, yes, I see the screen update response slow down. In my case, with a fairly powerful workstation and a decent video card it updated the screen about twice a second - a bit laggy but still quite acceptable. I guess that's to be expected as the previews have to be made up of the combination of a huge number of pixels from all those tens or hundreds of layers in various ways.
Based on what I see, it's not hard to imagine including even more layers in a more complex document to cause things to slow down even more. I guess one just has to be patient if working on a document that deep in layers.
Note that there are settings in the Edit - Preferences - Performance dialog that optimize the History & Cache values for "Tall and Thin" documents, where "tall" means "lots of layers". If you make changes there to experiment, remember to close and reopen Photoshop to test them.
-Noel

Upgrade Video Card for HP Pavilion a6228x Desktop PC

I'm wanting to upgrade the video card and was wondering if there were any suggestions as to a good card for under $60. I just need something equivalient to "NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT or ATI Radeon X1950 Pro" or better. I just got Star Wars the Old Republic and my factory istalled graphics card is not powerful enough. I'm a bit confused on what type of graphics card my desktop takes. I did read that it has
PCI Two (One available) PCI Express x16 One (One available) PCI Express x1 One (One available)
Would a PCI Express 2.0 fit in one of these?
One of the cards I am considering is:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1440108&Sku=M452-6452
Any suggestions would be great. Thank you.

Hi,
You might want to google Stars Wars Old Republic system requirements and see what others are suggesting. Game performance is also tied to the game quality settings and monitor resolution that you want to use.
I suggested these upgrades for another user wanting some suggestions.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
Custom i7-4770k,Z-87, 8GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650,GTX 760
Custom i7-4790k,Z-97, 16GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Plextor M.2 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650, GTX 660TI
Windows 7/8 UEFI/Legacy mode, MBR/GPT

Video Card - Repair or Replace?

I have a Dual 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5 with a Radeon X800 XT video card. The video card is making a very loud intermittent whining noise. I assume it is the fan on the video card making the noise. My question is whether to replace the video card or repair it.
I noticed on Ebay that this video card still holds it's value at $200 - $300 while the video card in my new Mac Pro (Radeon X1900 XT) only has a value of $60-$80. Why is the X800 XT still so expensive?
I also found on Ebay someone selling a brand new, authentic ATI fan (with heatsink) replacement for only $12. It looks exactly like the one on my current card. I'm just wondering if replacing the fan is an easy enough process that I could do it without messing it up and causing overheating issues or other problems. I have only once before worked with thermal paste and I wouldn't want to do it wrong. However, if it's pretty fool proof then I'll give it a go.
To sum it up my questions are 1) Why is the X800 XT still so expensive and 2) should I replace the fan or look for a new AGP card.
Thanks in advance.

Hi-
Why is the X800 XT still so expensive
Because there are no real equals in terms of overall performance for AGP G5's.
There are no new cards in production and the X800 was and is, at the top of the A list.
Even a close option like the Geforce 6800 Ultra also demands higher prices.
http://www.barefeats.com/radx800.html
should I replace the fan or look for a new AGP card.
I would replace the fan.
It's a shame to toss a card like that for a simple repair.
This article is for a CPU, but the basics are the same:
http://www.jcsenterprises.com/Japamacs_Page/Blog/9AE7FE0E-0CF2-4A7C-8003-489B282 582BC.html
Use Arctic cooling MX-2 or MX-3 to get the safest to use, most thermally conductive compound available.

Video Card Compatibility

Hi,
I am trying to add a new MSI video card to my Envy H8-1414 desktop. This is the card:
http://us.msi.com/product/vga/N660_Gaming_2GD5OC.html#overview
When I add the card with the OEM PSU, I get 6 long beeps. I added a 550 W PSU and the beeps go away but I get no video. I contacted MSI and they say that the power is enough but that I need to check with HP to make sure the BIOS can support the card. I checked the HP support site and I don't see any BIOS updates for this machine.
The card is PCI Express x16 3.0 and HP motherboard only says 2.0 so I'm wondering if it's just not compatible.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Temoporarily remove the new video card. Connect your display to the appropriate onboard video out port at the rear of the PC.
Enter the BIOS and go to the security tab. Click on Secure boot configuration.
The next screen will look like the following image. press the F10 key to accept the change
Verify that secure boot is set to disable. Press the F10 key. Exit the BIOS. Shutdown the PC and install the new video card. Connect the display connector to the appropriate video output port. Power on your PC
****Please click on Accept As Solution if a suggestion solves your problem. It helps others facing the same problem to find a solution easily****
2015 Microsoft MVP - Windows Experience Consumer

New video card - AMD or NVidia

I've got a choice between nVidia Gt 640 with 4 GB or ram or the AMD 7850 with 2 GB. The nVidia cards are a bit cheaper, but I want to be sure they are good enough. The card that came with my PC won't run the oil paint filter and is causing problems in Photoshop. I need something more powerful. Which is a better buy, or are they similar? I do some video editing and also use filters like oil paint a lot. I want a video card that will speed things up a bit.

I do not see anything in the Windows Task Managers user interface that show GPU performance or usage. Sysinternals Process explorer does plot usage of machine resources like CPU, GPU, Memory, I/O. I don't know if Photoshop ever stresses a Display adapters GPU. Sure it uses it but I think a GPU can just do so much and how effective it is depend on what you doing. For example if I use a mixer brush and one of the fancy new Fan thick wet brushes and rapidly start stroking. Photoshop performance lags way behind my brush strokes. When I use a filter liquify and rapidly stroke Photoshop performance is instantaneous. Looking at the Process explorer. The GPU usage looks the same in both features. I think Programs like Premier Pro would use GPU more heavier then Photoshop. In Photoshop video rendering does not even seem to use the GPU.
Heavy GPU use looks more like this:

VIDEO CARDS QuadroFX4500 and RADEON X1900 won't work

I have the TWO VIDEO CARDS AND CAN'T RUN VIDEO WITHOUT IT GETTING STUTTERING VIDEO. LOOKS LIKE NOT ENOUGH MEMORY. WITH JUST THE 4500 ATTACHED TO 2 30 INCH APPLE MONITORS I WOULD GET A HORIZONTAL LINE ABOUT 1/3 FROM THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. SWITCH DVI'S AND IT APPEARS ON THE OTHER MONOTOR, SO ITS NOT THE MONITORS. USED THE HARDWARE DISC AND THE LINE SHOWS UP WHEN YOU START. HAVE HAD THE $500 REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE APPLE SAYS THATS THE PROBLEM BUT THE LINE STAYS. NEVER MIND I CAN'T CONNECT THE OTHER 2 30 INCH APPLE MONITORS WITHOUT EVERYTHING SLOWING DOWN. I HAVE ONLY APPLE SOFTWARE ONE THE 07 MACPRO WITH 6GIGS OF DRAM AND TWO HARD DRIVES 500 GIGS AND 750 GIGS and one 750 external Seagate hard drive.

Sorry, didn't realize till later,I wasn't looking. No they never worked together. Actually I first had a nVidia GeForce 7300 GT from apple to go with the 4500, but it still sits in a box, was completely incompatible or pooched???. The Quadro 4500 always gave me a horizontal line when only two 30 inch Apple monitors were hooked up.Its been replaced a couple of times, still the horizontal line remains. Recently I acquired the X1900 thinking the dual dvi output could run one more 30 incher and one single link out to my 55 inch plasma(a dream I once had). I can get slideshows from Aperture to run, but no full screen video. It slugs along skipping every few frames. My 2 year nightmare continues. Thanks for your inquiry though maybe you know what is or should I say isn't happening. This is my second computer since my Commodore Vic-20. The first one was a G5 fully loaded that blew up 3 weeks after its arrival and finally was returned for my current Macpro. Thank you Applecare! I'm a very frustrated Newbie.

[Solved] Well-supported and powerful video card?

I'm sick of dealing with Catalyst updates breaking my system and crashing Starcraft 2, so I'm thinking I'll buy a new card for my rig. I want to get something that'll work better and make my life easier.
So I'm looking for a desktop (PCI-e) video card, probably nVidia, that can replace my current Radeon HD 5770. I'd like something relatively quiet and not too power-greedy (this PC is right next to my bed and on 24/7) but powerful enough to support my two monitors, play back 1080P h.264 easily, and do some occasional gaming, the most extreme of which would be SC2 in WINE (I don't need to max out the settings, but a good framerate with more-than-minimum settings would be nice.)
My price range is flexible. Maybe around $200, preferably less, but I'd spend a bit more if it's justified.
So: what are you guys using that's working well for you? Anyone have any recommendations on what card to buy?
EDIT: I ended up getting a GTX 460. It's everything I wanted - quiet, powerful, good driver support. Well, I haven't confirmed yet that Starcraft 2 runs without crashing (as it had a habit of doing under my 5770) but at least it runs unlike under the most recent ATI drivers.
Last edited by mDuo13 (2010-09-10 04:46:14)

My card (the aforementioned GTX 460) arrived. I installed it today with no hitches. Everything worked great except it took me a couple tries to get Starcraft 2 to run (it initially crashed because it couldn't resize my Twinview desktop). I fixed it by creating a Metamode in the nvidia-settings utility where I turned my secondary monitor to "Off". Just switch metamodes, open SC2, and switch metamodes again when done. I may come up with an even simpler solution eventually, but in general, I'm super-happy with how effortless it was getting everything installed, set up, and configured.
And as to the comments on the size of the card - this card is not small at 9.5" or something, but that's comparable to the 5770 I had before and like I said, my case is HUGE. I had like 6 inches to spare behind the card. XD That said, people with ordinary cases probably should measure.
Last edited by mDuo13 (2010-09-10 04:51:08)

Is there a fix for MAC Pro with Dual video cards that randomly logs off and on?

From my readings on the Internet this seems to be a know problem. That even furthers my frustrations with the latest OS X upgrades. So far on both my MACBOOK PRO and my MAC PRO it has been a major downgrade as both systems are no longer stable. Enough with my complaints...
Is there any plan to address this problem with the MAC PRO? I can't believe 10.8.1 didn't fix it. More can be read on it at:
http://jvm-technology.blogspot.com/2012/08/mac-pro-users-experiencing-random-log .html
Does anyone have work around to use dual screen monitors with the system? I have two video cards, the article says to remove one. Has this worked for anyone? Can I use dual screens with the one video card. Before I go messing around with these type of things I just want to be sure that this is a real fix. For the price of the cards and the system I really can't believe apple has this issue in the first place and has not fixed it.

Self-hosted add-ons have to be fixed for every new version of Firefox. Two to 6 months for updating an add-on is ridiculous for a program which has a new version release every '''6 weeks'''. If that extension was hosted at the official Add-ons website, Mozilla would take take care of "bumping" that extension, as long as it keeps working, for every new version of Firefox, as the new version is released.
See this thread from yesterday, I posted instructions about how to "bump" that extension for Firefox 7.<br />
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/884484
You can also use this extension to "bump" an already installed extension for compatibility with the currently installed version of Firefox. <br />
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter/

Resetting a video card? (ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT)

So here's my issue. I am trying to connect a secondary monitor to my mac pro (10.5.8). The card in the machine is a ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT. The only port that seems to work on the card is "#2" (or the left port while looking at the card from the back of the machine).
Both monitors work when plugged into #2 so I know the problem is not with the monitors/cables. This leads me to believe the card has some issues. I used a secondary screen on this machine about a month ago and had no problems. Not to say the card isn't bad, but is there any way to reset this card or flush out some sort of cash/preference to see if that works?
I have done the obvious "Detect Displays", and have flushed the PRAM of the machine, I've tried booting it up with no screens, just one screen, etc. I've tried booting with one screen hooked up to port #1 and it never get any signal so I'm thinking it's a dead port unless I can somehow "refresh" this. System Profiler just shows whichever screen is connected to port #2 and "No display connected" for whatever is in port #1
Any ideas? I've done just about everything I can think of. I tried installing the firmware update too for the card, but on trying to do so it said that I couldn't because I was already running the latest firmware.
*+ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT:+*
+Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 2600+
+Type: Display+
+Bus: PCIe+
+Slot: Slot-1+
+PCIe Lane Width: x16+
+VRAM (Total): 256 MB+
+Vendor: ATI (0x1002)+
+Device ID: 0x9588+
+Revision ID: 0x0000+
+ROM Revision: 113-B1480A-252+
+EFI Driver Version: 01.00.252+
Displays:
*+DELL U2410:+*
+Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz+
+Depth: 32-Bit Color+
+Core Image: Hardware Accelerated+
+Main Display: Yes+
+Mirror: Off+
+Online: Yes+
+Quartz Extreme: Supported+
+Rotation: Supported+
*+Display Connector:+*
+Status: No Display Connected+
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ok walter, we gonna help you no problem. maybe try shutting down your mac pro and
using some compressed air and clean that out, especially the ATI Radeon 2600. Dust bunnies love the video cards. then restart, open up disk utility and repair permissions
if you can. If not, then yes, your video card is probably dying. Go to the Apple at the corner of your screen and click on "About this Mac" and it should tell you what kind of Mac Pro you have. As far as I know the ATI 5770 would be a good replacement for your ATI 2600. Apparently they were known to collect dust pretty easily, or so I was told. do you have Applecare? otherwise, I think it's gonna be around $300. Luckily installation isn't too hard. Oh, and you're probably going to need to have 10.6 already installed on your Mac Pro, I think
well, enough
John B

Video Card Enough?

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