[CentOS] ATI Proprietary Drivers LAG

[James A. Peltier]

On Sun, 30 May 2010, Adryan Pop wrote:

> I've installed CentOS 5.5, fixed my problems with my network card driver, and and I've followed this: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/HardwareList/AtiDriver , downladed latest ati driver, restarted, screen resolution is fixed, but everything lags.
> 
> ATI Radeon HD 5470 1GB
> 
> this is the output of "lspci -v"
> 
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>         Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 1bf2
>         Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
>         Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>         Memory at d0020000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
>         I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
>         Expansion ROM at d0000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>         Capabilities: <access denied>

I have had similar issues with Dell machines.  This seems to be related to 
the BIOS.  In almost every case, if there is a new ATI driver there is a 
new Dell BIOS version.  Check your motherboard manufacturer and see if 
there is an update that might correct it.

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