silentwords
April 30th, 2011, 09:10 PM
It was a rough upgrade, but that's what I get for buying an ATI card that just went retail last week.
After fixing the purple log in screen with nomodeset, and installing the proprietary ATI driver, I noticed that the performance seemed... slow. I tweaked the settings such at Anti-Tear, but it just didn't seem as smooth as it should be. Not nearly as smooth as my other dual boot OS. Then I saw this article. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver
It talks about installing the open source driver. It also mentions that the 6670 should work with 11.04, BUT, it needs a newer version of Mesa than Nattys default. Unfortunately, it didn't say anything about how to upgrade it.
So I searched for Mesa, and found the edge ppa, but that's pretty much where my learning curve takes an abyssal plunge, and I'm left staring blankly at the screen with my head half cocked.
Is there going to be a Natty update for Mesa in the near future that I can just sit tight for? If not, would someone be willing to write a detailed guide for this card in particular?
I think it's worth it. This card will probably be popular since it's really cheap and efficient. It way out performs my old Nvidia 9800GTX (in 3D games), while drawing half the power.
Thanks for your time and help.
After fixing the purple log in screen with nomodeset, and installing the proprietary ATI driver, I noticed that the performance seemed... slow. I tweaked the settings such at Anti-Tear, but it just didn't seem as smooth as it should be. Not nearly as smooth as my other dual boot OS. Then I saw this article. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver
It talks about installing the open source driver. It also mentions that the 6670 should work with 11.04, BUT, it needs a newer version of Mesa than Nattys default. Unfortunately, it didn't say anything about how to upgrade it.
So I searched for Mesa, and found the edge ppa, but that's pretty much where my learning curve takes an abyssal plunge, and I'm left staring blankly at the screen with my head half cocked.
Is there going to be a Natty update for Mesa in the near future that I can just sit tight for? If not, would someone be willing to write a detailed guide for this card in particular?
I think it's worth it. This card will probably be popular since it's really cheap and efficient. It way out performs my old Nvidia 9800GTX (in 3D games), while drawing half the power.
Thanks for your time and help.