Well, I made my decision. I going with the 4191 drivers BUT not on Xfree 4.2.1 but instead on 4.2.99. I just got done installing the 4191 drivers on top of Xfree 4.2.99 last night and ran:
glxgears With the 4191 drivers on top of Xfree 4.2.1 I got ~140-145 FPS, with 4191 on top of Xfree 4.2.99 I got ~185 FPS. I know glxgears is not a truely scientific way of measuring things but it did show me that it is faster proving that the posts from other users using this combo were right. I'm 90% satisfied(don't have Gnome 2.2 installed yet) that this will fix the sluggish 2D performance enough. BTW, I'm not a gamer but that slow 2D really bugged Me. Thanks, Kent >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 01:48 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [gentoo-user] Nvidia: 3123 or 4191 drivers? > >I am installing Gentoo on my midtower right now but when the time comes to install X >I don't know whether to install the Nvidia 3123 or 4191 drivers. I've heard that the >4191 drivers have better 3D performance but the 2D sucks, has anyone been able to fix >this or is it a Nvidia problem? I'm thinking that I should stick with the 3123 >drivers. > >Thanks, >Kent > > > > >-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
