opensource ATI drivers .. a little help

[JKoder]

Hello everyone.
I have a few questions about the opensource ATI drivers in opensuse 11.1 x64.
I have noticed that in Fedora it work a lot better i get 700 fps and in opensuse i only get 150. Can anyone help me here, why is this ?
may be the drivers are older in opensuse ?
if so, how can i update those drivers ?
I wana stik with opensuse !!!

[whych]

Try the latest version from the ati website. First uninstall the ati driver rpms and install as root in runlevel 3.

[JKoder]

I must say that my card is ATI Xpress 1100 and the driver from ati website wont work....

[weighty_foe]

I have an ATI Xpress 1150 (also Xpress 200M), so its very nearly the same as yours.

The binary fglrx drivers work well for me (using the openSUSE supplied ones, not from ati's site). Rubbish for games, but I get wobbly windows etc. I get around 300-500 fps in glxgears (less in fgl_glxgears)

The opensource radeon driver also works. Allegedly it will support 3d on my hardware, but it doesn't - I can't use AIGLX.

Opensuse 11.1, using the ati/11.1 repository.

Sorry I can't be of more help, I'm not sure exactly how an 1100 differs from an 1150.

I did read something about enabling or disabling UMA/sideband memory. As far as I understand, this is whether the card uses its own memory only, its own + grabbing some ram, or disable its own and only use ram. fglrx only works with certain options (this is in the bios). Might be worth a look.

Oh, if you want to look at my xorg.conf & driver versions just ask & I'll post them