R600g Geometry Shaders Come For R600/R700

[bridgman]

Came here to read about improved support for older ATi GPUs, instead there was Sandy Bridge...

Discussion about improved support for ATI/AMD GPUs is in the NVidia threads. This is an ATI/AMD thread, so discussion is about Intel.

This should be obvious by now

[nanonyme]

Discussion about improved support for ATI/AMD GPUs is in the NVidia threads. This is an ATI/AMD thread, so discussion is about Intel.

This should be obvious by now

Hmm, this actually makes a reasonable degree of sense. Study on the derailment of threads on forums might be an interesting subject for a thesis in sociology; assuming one hasn't been written yet.

[A Laggy Grunt]

My HD 4670 is still sufficient for lightweight games. No, it won't run Crysis.

Maybe next big release I can skip Catalyst so xscreensaver can stop crashing?

[Hamish Wilson]

My HD 4670 is still sufficient for lightweight games. No, it won't run Crysis.

Maybe next big release I can skip Catalyst so xscreensaver can stop crashing?

My Radeon HD 4670 is already serving me very well with R600g, gaming included.

[Dukenukemx]

My HD 4670 is still sufficient for lightweight games. No, it won't run Crysis.

Maybe next big release I can skip Catalyst so xscreensaver can stop crashing?

When I used my 4670, it ran Crysis just fine in Windows. My 6750 died last week, and I stuck that back in temporarily until I got my replacement 6850. I really didn't notice much of a difference. Unless you're one of those 1080P max settings gaming kinda guy, the 4670 would be an OK graphics card.

How does it fair in Linux?

[pejakm]

I've tried to apply this patch to the latest mesa code from git, but it fails. :/

patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_asm.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1535.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_asm.c.rej
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_pipe.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 372.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 458.
2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_pipe.c.rej
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_pipe.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 159 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 546 (offset -20 lines).
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_shader.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 210.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 181 with fuzz 2 (offset -39 lines).
Hunk #3 FAILED at 909.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 1232.
Hunk #5 FAILED at 1552.
Hunk #6 succeeded at 6122 (offset -178 lines).
4 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_shader.c.rej
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_state.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2067 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 2119 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2140 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 2326 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 2455 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 2467 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 2590 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #8 succeeded at 2611 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #9 succeeded at 2626 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #10 succeeded at 2805 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #11 succeeded at 2819 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #12 succeeded at 2829 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #13 succeeded at 3002 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #14 succeeded at 3452 (offset 3 lines).
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_state_common.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1162.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_state_common.c.rej
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600d.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 200 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 1837 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2353 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 2462 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 2908 (offset -1 lines).
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
Hunk #6 succeeded at 3333 with fuzz 1 (offset -1 lines).

Anyone could help?

[agd5f]

I've tried to apply this patch to the latest mesa code from git, but it fails. :/

patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_asm.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1535.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_asm.c.rej
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_pipe.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 372.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 458.
2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_pipe.c.rej
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_pipe.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 159 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 546 (offset -20 lines).
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_shader.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 210.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 181 with fuzz 2 (offset -39 lines).
Hunk #3 FAILED at 909.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 1232.
Hunk #5 FAILED at 1552.
Hunk #6 succeeded at 6122 (offset -178 lines).
4 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_shader.c.rej
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_state.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2067 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 2119 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2140 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 2326 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 2455 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #6 succeeded at 2467 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #7 succeeded at 2590 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #8 succeeded at 2611 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #9 succeeded at 2626 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #10 succeeded at 2805 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #11 succeeded at 2819 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #12 succeeded at 2829 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #13 succeeded at 3002 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #14 succeeded at 3452 (offset 3 lines).
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_state_common.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 1162.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600_state_common.c.rej
patching file src/gallium/drivers/r600/r600d.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 200 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 1837 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2353 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 2462 (offset -1 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 2908 (offset -1 lines).
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
Hunk #6 succeeded at 3333 with fuzz 1 (offset -1 lines).

Anyone could help?

You can fetch Dave's git branch directly rather than using patches.

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~airlied/mesa/log/?h=r600-geom-shaders

[A Laggy Grunt]

When I used my 4670, it ran Crysis just fine in Windows. My 6750 died last week, and I stuck that back in temporarily until I got my replacement 6850. I really didn't notice much of a difference. Unless you're one of those 1080P max settings gaming kinda guy, the 4670 would be an OK graphics card.

How does it fair in Linux?

Performance-wise, well enough.

My biggest problem has been with xscreensaver+Catalyst. The small gripe is it won't show the password box to unlock your screen. The big one is it occasionally crashes X when you try to unlock your screen.

Wine has been... well, Wine. Lots of stuff works, lots of stuff doesn't. I write decently detailed reviews of app behavior on WineHQ, with the stable build.

[Dukenukemx]

My biggest problem has been with xscreensaver+Catalyst. The small gripe is it won't show the password box to unlock your screen. The big one is it occasionally crashes X when you try to unlock your screen.

How is it with open source drivers?

Wine has been... well, Wine. Lots of stuff works, lots of stuff doesn't. I write decently detailed reviews of app behavior on WineHQ, with the stable build.

Wine is a hit or a miss. World of Warcraft runs fine, but are certain settings. Dark Souls doesn't work at all.

[pejakm]

You can fetch Dave's git branch directly rather than using patches.
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~airlied...0-geom-shaders

Great, thanks for the link!