The 8500 evidently dosen't have 3d suppport in XFree86 yet.  The card
is too new.  The next version of XFree86 should have support.
http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/Status6.html#6

On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 11:03, Rusty wrote:
> I just built a new system, AthlonXP 1900, 512 MB PC2700 DDR RAM, an ATI Radeon
> 8500 64 MB graphics card. KDE seems to run OK, but I can't even play Tux
> Racer...it runs slow and jerky. Anybody have experience with this card? I
> thought it was supposed to be a good one, and I got a good price (why I chose
> it over a GEforce). Anyone with clues? I'm also using the iWill XP333-R
> motherboard. My ATA-133 HD is on the extra IDE controller.
> 
> Thanks for any input.
> 
> 
> --- Jonathan Hutchins <hutchins@opus1.com> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: "Marvin "GodfatherofSoul" Bellamy" [mailto:mbellamy@kc.rr.com]
> > 
> > > My home computer is terribly slow running KDE.  
> > 
> > What about your graphics hardware on the work vs. home machine?
> > 
> > Is there a similar difference if you run the window manager without the
> > desktop environment (it's probably enlightenment, choose that as your
> > desktop on startup).
> > 
> > How about RAM?  X is a RAM hog.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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