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ombilic

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Registered: 2012-05-09

Posts: 2

low fps with radeon driver [solved]

Hello !

I'm new to arch  and i have a problem with fps using xf86-video-ati driver.
I can only get about 40 fps in glxgears.
I have tried to instal fglrx but my card (Radeon 9550) is not supported anymore.

I found this topic  arch linux forum   and it seems like it can be fixed with a configuration file.

Can someone give a configuration file or tell me what to do to get normal fps?

Last edited by ombilic (2012-05-22 18:51:38)

matse

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Registered: 2011-04-27

Posts: 299

Re: low fps with radeon driver [solved]

Where exactly is your problem? Do you just need more fps in glxgears to increase your karma or do you have any *real* application that doesn't run as expected?
Btw. glxgears is *not* a benchmarking tool and if you just start it you see a nice message that reads as

Running synchronized to the vertical refresh.  The framerate should be
approximately the same as the monitor refresh rate.

To disable this just do

vblank_mode=0 && glxgear

but remember: it's pretty much useless to compare these results and if all your applications with which you have to work run fine, there is no need to show off with glxgears... especially with a 9550.