my ati radeon 9700 128mb mobilty

Linux Hardware 765 This topic was started by sasfmj, 2005-02-03 18:15

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2005-02-03 19:15

Hi
my laptop has a ati radeon 9700 128mb mobilty card in it
how and where do i get and install drivers for the card ?
im useing redhat fedora core and have a 64bit cpu if this
helps ive been to the ati site and followed what it said
but no luck.
i cant even use the check.sh file to find out what verson
of what ever im using is im lost and need help !!!????

cheers

Matthew

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iamroot

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#141657

2005-02-04 03:11

Geez. Sorry to say that ATI doesn't have GNU/Linux drivers for mobile graphic cards. You better stick with the generic driver that comes with the OS.

sasfmj

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#141658

2005-02-04 07:07

oh really bummer!!
so anyway i can make it go any faster the os find the it as a 9600
but i cant even run the fre game 'tux racer' that comes with the fedora core its like 1 frame per second

????

thanks Matthew

danleff

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#141659

2005-02-04 13:12

Also, take a look at the ATI Linux faq page.

iamroot

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#141660

2005-02-04 13:44

Sorry to say that you can't. The default driver that comes with the OS is not optimized for openGL. You're gonna be stuck with the 1-frame per second gameplay till ATI releases a driver for Mobility Radeon.