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    Anyone have any info on the performance in linux of the G550? I currently have a Radeon 64 DDR VIVO, yes I have sinned!!! Well, the main reason I got it, was that my aging Marvel G400 simply wouldn't play any OpenGL games in linux.... well now I'm suffering that Heavy Metal Fakk2 does not like the Radeon. Understandable, I bought the damnable thing and the 2D quality is even noticeable compared to the very OLD Millenium 2 that is resting nicely in my server. OpenGL performance is of a somewhat minor concern though, since most of the reason I'm interested in the G550 is for the Dual-Head. I'm thinking about starting a programming project (also learning how to program at the same time) and figured the Dual-head would be GREAT for debugging, etc. I currently use Windows XP and Storm Linux 2.0.6 (Updated with some components of Debian Sid). Any advice would be great. If any of you think it'd be best just to wait and see what Matrox has up their sleeves next, then I'll do that. I do have an extra Millenium 2 that I'll put in for the Dual-Head for now, but it'd be nice to have an extra PCI slot that is empty for whatever reason....
    Currently I am running a Pentium 3 850Mhz, with 392mb of RAM. So if the G550 would perform admirably with that hardware, then I'd LOVE to go back to the Matrox side of things. Since the 2D quality just looks so blurry on this Radeon compared. I'd ALMOST consider getting a Radeon 8500 for the Dual-Head, but as far as I know, there are no linux drivers for it yet. Laters, and thanks in advance.

    Leech
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  • #2
    A G400 is faster than a G550.

    What do you mean that you couldn't use OpenGL? I had Quake3 and CounterStrike working just fine.
    Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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    • #3
      Let me restate what I meant by that. The OpenGL was SLOW. Playing Rune was a horrid experience. But now of course the same reason I got the Radeon, is the same reason that I needed a different card. Heavy Metal Fakk2 does NOT like the Radeon's DRI implimentation. I will try using the newer DRI, as soon as I'm done playing around with Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Damn them for not releasing the single player binary for Linux yet.... I actually had to go into XP. YUCK!!! Laters.

      Leech
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      • #4
        I thought the binaries were out for RTCW.

        Anyway, the G400 is almost as fast in Linux as it is in Windows. I think you have something misconfigured.
        Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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        • #5
          I think people are missing the point here, I had the Marvel G400, which only has 16mb of RAM. I think it's slightly slower than a standard Millenium G400 as well. The funny thing is, in Gears, I had a 1100fps with my Marvel, and with the Radeon I only get about 980fps. I know I didn't have it configured improperly.
          The binaries ARE out for RtCW, but they're for the Multi-player only (who knows how THAT works?) I wanted to play the Single Player game first, and beat that before I started getting into the multi-player.

          Leech
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