[gentoo-amd64] partly OT: nvidia 6600GT

[Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@decoulon.ch>]

Hello. I think this topic is partly OT because it's not directly 
gentoo-related but it might be amd64 related so...

I've struggled for two weeks to have my gentoo-amd64 running various OpenGL 
games. Dome did run, other crashed in various ways: either a stuck computer, 
usually seeming related to a soud and/or I/O conflict, or sometimes simply a 
total reset. And it was the same thing with Gentoo (32/64), SuSE (32/64) and 
Debian/Mepis (32 bit)

The setup was a Tyan k8w-s2875ANRF board and an AGP Gainward with an nvidia 
6600GT chip.

In the end, I removed the card and pulled an Asus nvidia 5700 based graphic 
card out of another computer and see: everything's running fine - and I'd 
even say movement is smoother, despite the fact that the 6600GT is given as 
much faster.

Now, I put the 6600GT in the other computer (a P4) and tested that computer 
(not with gentoo, actually with SuSE): no problem.

So, I am wondering what causes the conflict: the board, the opterons, 
Gainward's card?
Has anyone a 6600GT running fine ona  double opteron?

Thierry

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