Flightgear ATI Linux Based 8 Monitor SFO Tour

1 basement, 8 monitors, 4 FirePro cards, 1 PC, 1 Ubuntu 8.04 system, ATI Linux Catalyst 8.9, too much time :).

Tech Specs
- AMD Phenom 9550
- ASuS M3A32-MPV Deluxe (AMD 790FX)
- 2 GB　RAM
　- 4 x FireGL 5600
- 8 Monitors
- Ubuntu 8.04
- ATI Catalyst Linux Driver 8.9
- Flightgear CVS (20080720)

To get multi-head with Workstation Cards - aticonfig --initial=dual-head --adapter=all

More details at

http://wiki.flightgear.org/index.php/...

• Category

  Science & Technology

[TTL7919]

Nice setup, I would like to have one too :-) I really wonder how many hours (and screams) you needed get the set up with the ATI cards under Linux done. I am already happy if my fglrx driver does not crash ;-)

[Matthew Tippett]

With current drivers - "aticonfig --initial=dual-head --adapters=all -f" does the trick.

[WoundedStigma]

really slick and impressive setup: what's the average framerate you are getting with that setup? And have you found the graphics hardware or the CPU to be the limiting factor?

Personally I found FG to become increasingly CPU bound (most of the complex aircraft like A-10 & f-14b hardly run reasonably), that's why I am asking.

[Matthew Tippett]

The framerate was somewhere between 30 and 50.

There is some interesting multi-threaed support that has come in that is actively being discussed on the mailing lists.

Unfortunately, right now, it looks like there is some sort of over-synchronization in either the driver or OSG or fg. In theory we should be able to scale with lots of parallel threads, but realistically it isn't happening. If these issues are resolved wherever then we can have some real fun :).

[Matthew Tippett]

Sorry, something else.

The quad-core uses about 28 % (just over one core) and the GPUs are about 25% utilized.

[danielmpr]

are u like a fucking Millionaire or something?

[thelegendarypaki]

monitors are crooked.

[destruk2008]

That is so bad. The monitor breaks are too distracting to actually play. You should have gotten a single 8K display. videos are on youtube for 8k displays.

[bconover93]

just buy one monitor at a time...

[James Ryan]

No, Ben Bernanke's running the printing presses so he can buy these government subsidized monitors. In other words, he's a trillionaire, or the opposite of a trillionaire depending on how you wanna look at it.

[Danielkchoi]

It doesn't take over 4000 dollars to set this up at the most...

[grumpyzrp]

Why not just buy a really nice DLP projector? lol

[Stanislav Khaylov]

dude u r crazy lol)))

[TheLolikea]

Just buy a tv? XD

[ar15expert]

haha what a shitty model. Vertical stabs asshole.

[TheMasterofmod]

lol, that must have been a real pain to set up. Great video though! I like the music! I wish I had a man-cave where I could do that.

[Elliot Dubois]

I'm going to stick with windows XP. I tried Linux 4 different time & still didn't like it. I'm not a fan of Windows Vista or Windows 7. I put those all on my PC. & wasn't use to it. but I'm so use to XP I use Mozilla Firefox but Viruses where not staying out so I made sure my internet Explorer was upgraded to 8 version & and all my up dates where installed & it seems to have kept Viruses out. because as long as IE 8 is installed it sures all the pins on the hard drive even when u use Firefox :)