So, the card is from Asus, and it's the first ATi card I've installed (previously was all nVidia; duh.), and I'm encountering a few performance issues. I ran the aticonfig script, and have a new xorg.conf as a result. Otherwise, it's a fresh install. Kernel is 2.6.26 (building against .27 apparently won't compile yet), driver is .532. Here's the rundown:
1) HiDef video playback is bad for some files. Particularly Matroska at 1080p: the video lags badly, and quickly falls well behind of audio (at least, it does playing with xine; playing with smplayer freezes the system hard).
2) If I use the digital output, the resolution appears to be the same, but it severely pixellated, to the point that fonts are unreadable, and the mouse looks like it's rendered in 8-bit. Using the DVI-to-VGA adapter appears to work.
3) Certain GTK apps (suck as firefox and Transmission) show a pale aqua/greenish color instead of what should be gray (such as the shading applied to alternating entries in Transmission, or shading on certain heading fields in firefox). Changing the color balance of the monitor does not fix the problem. Color balance appears to be correct, when - say - viewing pictures or movies.
4) If I try to play EVE-Online, I can play it with the "Premium Graphics" mode enabled (this is running it under wine; the cedega release is b0rked for other reasons), but I can only see the lighting channel (engine trails, lights in the hangar, etc.), and the starry background. No ships, no objects, nothing that would require applying texture maps to polygons (apparently). I still get about 100fps, though.
These are, I expect, several problems all happening concurrently: if someone can take a stab at fixing even one of them, I'd be grateful. Right now, my priority is fixing EVE and video playback (in that order): those were the two reasons I bought the card in the first place.
Thanks for the help!
EE
1) HiDef video playback is bad for some files. Particularly Matroska at 1080p: the video lags badly, and quickly falls well behind of audio (at least, it does playing with xine; playing with smplayer freezes the system hard).
2) If I use the digital output, the resolution appears to be the same, but it severely pixellated, to the point that fonts are unreadable, and the mouse looks like it's rendered in 8-bit. Using the DVI-to-VGA adapter appears to work.
3) Certain GTK apps (suck as firefox and Transmission) show a pale aqua/greenish color instead of what should be gray (such as the shading applied to alternating entries in Transmission, or shading on certain heading fields in firefox). Changing the color balance of the monitor does not fix the problem. Color balance appears to be correct, when - say - viewing pictures or movies.
4) If I try to play EVE-Online, I can play it with the "Premium Graphics" mode enabled (this is running it under wine; the cedega release is b0rked for other reasons), but I can only see the lighting channel (engine trails, lights in the hangar, etc.), and the starry background. No ships, no objects, nothing that would require applying texture maps to polygons (apparently). I still get about 100fps, though.
These are, I expect, several problems all happening concurrently: if someone can take a stab at fixing even one of them, I'd be grateful. Right now, my priority is fixing EVE and video playback (in that order): those were the two reasons I bought the card in the first place.
Thanks for the help!
EE
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