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    ATI HD 6950 problems

    Hi, I bought new raphics card (ATI HD 6950) I installed it and all went well, but now when I run glx gears I get:
    Code:
    34169 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6833.714 FPS
34427 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6885.330 FPS
34324 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6864.661 FPS
    I was getting about 8000 on my old ati hd 3870... also CPU is being heavily used, shouldnt the GPU process it?

    + fgl_glxgears
    Code:
    Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
14665 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2933.000 FPS
15379 frames in 5.0 seconds = 3075.800 FPS
    here is my Xorg:
    Code:
    #Section "InputDevice"
#	Identifier  "Mouse0"
#	Driver      "mouse"
#	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
#	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
#	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
#EndSection
#Section "Monitor"
#	Identifier   "Monitor0"
#	VendorName   "SAM"
#	ModelName    "SAMSUNG"
#	HorizSync    26.0 - 76.0
#	VertRefresh  23.0 - 61.0
#EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 1920 0
	Screen         "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Evdev Mouse" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "glx"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Evdev Mouse"
	Driver      "evdev"
	Option	    "Name" "Corsair Corsair Vengeance M90 Mouse"
	Option	    "evBits" "+1-2"
	Option	    "keyBits" "~272-287"
	Option	    "relBits" "~0-2 ~6 ~8"
	Option	    "Pass" "3"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-1"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "0-DFP1"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
	Option	    "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
	Option	    "TargetRefresh" "60"
	Option	    "Position" "0 0"
	Option	    "Rotate" "normal"
	Option	    "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "0-DFP2"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
	Option	    "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
	Option	    "TargetRefresh" "60"
	Option	    "Position" "0 0"
	Option	    "Rotate" "normal"
	Option	    "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"

        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"            	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"            	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"       	# <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"          	# <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"        	# <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CustomEDID"         	# [<str>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"    	# [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"   	# <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"          	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType" 	# <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"        	# <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ClockGating"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"     	# <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"         	# <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceLowPowerMode"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicPM"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NewPLL"             	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ZaphodHeads"        	# <str>
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "UseFastTLS" "2"
	Option	    "Monitor-DFP1" "0-DFP1"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "UseFastTLS" "2"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	Option	    "UseFastTLS" "2"
	Option	    "Monitor-DFP2" "0-DFP2"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
	Screen      1
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-1"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection
    I am not too good at configuring it, all help welcomed .

    also tried this one
    Code:
    Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
	Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Evdev Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	Option	    "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
	Option	    "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
	Option	    "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Driver      "fglrx"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
	Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
	Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Evdev Mouse"
	Driver      "evdev"
	Option	    "Name" "Corsair Corsair Vengeance M90 Mouse"
	Option	    "evBits" "+1-2"
	Option	    "keyBits" "~272-287"
	Option	    "relBits" "~0-2 ~6 ~8"
	Option	    "Pass" "3"
	Option	    "CorePointer"
EndSection
    glxinfo | grep rendering:
    Code:
    direct rendering: Yes
    Is theese fps normal? I tried playing Skyrim in wine but on lowest it had realy low fps (Its using lots of cpu but not all, and 0.5GB og RAM is free)
    I dont think system is fully using GPU because graphical programs (opengl-glxgears) are using loads of CPU... any ideas?
    I tried cataclyst 11.11 and 11.12-r1, I am using gentoo.
    Thanx for any help

    lspci -v -s 01:00.0
    Code:
    01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Device 6719 (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
	Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device 186b
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 47
	Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
	Memory at f5000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
	I/O ports at b000 [size=256]
	[virtual] Expansion ROM at f4000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
	Kernel modules: fglrx
    Last edited by tomtomp; 17 January 2012, 06:07 AM.
    Tags: None
  • #2
    glxgears uses so much cpu because it doesn't use vsync here so its fps are just the result of what the hardware gets out combined with what the x server can render.
    Also, as has been said many times, glxgears is not a benchmark, these numbers are not very meaningful, especially at fps rates this high.

    I would suggest trying some real game with real world usage like xonotic on highest settings.

    Regarding skyrim: I think it is just rather slow in wine at this time. Also, fglrx and wine are sometimes not the best team and nvidia would work better.
    Last edited by ChrisXY; 17 January 2012, 12:26 PM.

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    • #3
      Maybe try Rage instead, thats a pure OpenGL game.

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      • #4
        Ok, I will try theese games. I showed my glxgears output because I was comparision it to my 6 years old graphics card which had over 8k fps... do you think it is because of drivers?

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