Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #399559
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 399559

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In , Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Created an attachment (id=28531)
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Forwarding this bug report from Ubuntu reporter Jerry Lamos.

[Problem]
Performance regression when using the KMS -ati driver corresponding to version 1:6.12.99+git20090805.bd03977e along with kernel, mesa, and libdrm from the kms ppa: https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/kms.

[Original Report]
Performance is actually worse than -vesa on this system.

Measurements are from IBM Thinkpad T40 with ATI Radeon Mobility 7500. See attached file for specific data.

Col 1 is measurements with xorg driver vesa.
Col 2 is nomodeset no KMS xorg ati driver 6.12.99+git.....
Col 3 is modeset=1 KMS xorg ati driver 6.12.99+git.....