krisbee2000 Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 I have been having so many problems with running xmame without having proper open gl support that I want to get a new video card. Funds are limited, so I was thinking about getting an ATi Radeon 7000... they can be had for $15 USD... How is the open gl support on this card? The most I run is xmame or even Quake 1!... I would like to be able to run Tuxracer and some other things too, but I don't need a powerhouse.... Eventually this computer will be converted into a cabinet for xmame and daphne, and that's all... I have a Voodoo Banshee, but the opengl support kind of got phased out... I can run an accelerated server, but it acutally doesn't accelerate anything... everything runs at a crawl. Thank you in advance for your help. I know the stuff is old, but that's what make linux great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jboy Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 ATI's proprietary linux drivers never supported the Radeon 7000. The Radeon 8500/9000/9100/9200/9250 cards are still supported but only with the older 8.28.8 driver version and earlier. See: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/linux/r...ious-linux.html I have a Radeon 9200 SE card on one of my machines and it handles OpenGL fine using the 8.28.8 driver. Is there any non-proprietary OpenGL driver support for the Radeon 7000? I don't know for sure, but I doubt it. Other possibly helpful info, is the Unofficial ATI Linux Driver Wiki at: http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisbee2000 Posted March 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Thank you so much for the help.. dodged a bullet there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Just an addendum. I've got a ATI Radeon 9250 in one of my machines. ATI's drivers never worked with it, no matter what version. Only the open source ones at 1200fps or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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