Re: TRAGEDY, via333 IRQ, APIC doesn't work

From: Geoff (greendog_at_nospampacific.net.au)
Date: 08/05/05 

Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 03:21:12 +1000

Andante wrote:

>> Annoyingly glxgears ran almost 10% faster with apic enabled before X
>> locked up. I know it's not a good benchmark but while I get good fps
>> in opengl games with 6600GT I get some stuttering periodically that
>> I'd really like to get rid of. Interrupt sharing may not be the
>> problem but then again it may be.
>>
>> G
>
>
> I'm running Debian stable with a homegrown kernel. Kernel version is
> currently 2.6.12. It's also been quite happy with 2.6.11.x and earlier.
> I happen to own a 6600GT aswell. Didn't do any tests to confirm any
> speed difference or any tests with games to see how it runs. Did run
> some games in the past though, never experienced noticable stutter. That
> was with a GF4Ti4200. Sad enough, linux is still more of an experimental
> desktop platform for me. Or perhaps i'm just too lazy to fully convert
> everything to linux. ;) Makes an excellent server platform though.

Beats head against wall :)

Guess I'll sort the issue with the next mb upgrade. Thanks for your help
though.

Hope you catch the bug, been running Linux on the desktop here for a few
years now, usually with good results...

G

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