>> Performance for driver 8.8.25
The following command excerpts show the details and performance statistics for the official ATI driver versioned 8.8.24 for x86_64.
chryz@ubuntu:~ $ fglrxinfo
display: :0.0 screen: 0
OpenGL vendor string: ATI Technologies Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: MOBILITY RADEON 9700 Generic
OpenGL version string: 1.3.4769 (X4.3.0-8.8.25)
2D-performance should be accelarated a great deal, as you've probably noticed - running a simple performance test for 2D-performance can be done by running "glxgears". This should produce something along the following output:
chryz@ubuntu:~ $ glxgears
8673 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1734.600 FPS
9389 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1877.800 FPS
9388 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1877.600 FPS
9336 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1867.200 FPS
3D-performance can likewise be tested by running "fgl_glxgears", and should produce an output like the following:
chryz@ubuntu:~ $ fgl_glxgears
1791 frames in 5.0 seconds = 358.200 FPS
1860 frames in 5.0 seconds = 372.000 FPS
1842 frames in 5.0 seconds = 368.400 FPS
1833 frames in 5.0 seconds = 366.600 FPS
This isn't especially good, but atleast it works - which is somewhat rare when it comes to ATI-cards in Linux.