Huh, cool. Thanks for yet another useful bit of information :) -AT On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:17 AM, David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Listmates, > > If you use the radeonhd driver, use EXA acceleration instead of XAA. I just > found out about this today and it is a 100% improvement in speed, etc. over > XAA acceleration. It isn't as fast as fglrx, but it is a world of improvement > over the alternative. To make use of EXA acceleration, simply enable it in > your xorg.conf in the device section. Example: > > Section "Device" > BoardName "RS690M" > Driver "radeonhd" > Identifier "Device[0]" > Option "GARTSize" "256" > Option "AccelMethod" "EXA" > Option "EnablePrivateBackZ" "no" > Option "VideoOverlay" "on" > Option "no_dri" "no" > Option "UseFastTLS" "1" > Option "no_accel" "no" > Option "mtrr" "off" > VendorName "ATI" > EndSection > > > -- > David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. > Rankin Law Firm, PLLC > 510 Ochiltree Street > Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > Telephone: (936) 715-9333 > Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 > www.rankinlawfirm.com >
