Bug 8474 - 3_b1: fglrx/vendor proprietary not installed for ATI Radeon HD 4870 and earlier cards
Summary: 3_b1: fglrx/vendor proprietary not installed for ATI Radeon HD 4870 and earl...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
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Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2012-12-22 07:33 CET by Bit Twister
Modified: 2013-03-16 03:11 CET (History)
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Description Bit Twister 2012-12-22 07:33:45 CET 
Description of problem:

 fglrx/vendor proprietary  not installed for ATI Radeon HD 4870 and earlier cards

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. use XFdrake to set the video server.
2. pick ATI Radeon HD 4870 and earlier cards and note only the radeon driver
  is installed.

If that is because AMD/ATI no longer supports 4870 and earlier cards then
the errata document needs to warn users that video performance may be three to four times slower. 

example teapot Frames Per Second results on my wb node.
teapot_wb_2011          134/188 FPS
teapot_wb_mga2          183/186 FPS
teapot_wb_mga3          51/55 FPS

Getting about 53 FPS average on
    wb2  RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] GPU R700
    mtv  RS780L [Radeon HD 3000]
    wb   RS880 [Radeon HD 4200] GPU R700
nodes.  :-(
Comment 1 Martin Whitaker 2012-12-22 12:54:55 CET 
This is because the latest fglrx no longer supports older cards. See bug 7346 for a request to support the legacy fglrx driver.

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 2 Bit Twister 2013-03-16 03:11:45 CET 
(In reply to Martin Whitaker from comment #1)
> This is because the latest fglrx no longer supports older cards. See bug
> 7346 for a request to support the legacy fglrx driver.

OK, I'll close this bug.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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