My GF 4 is also much slower on Gentoo, I had Mandrake installed on it before and I had twice the rate with glx gears, must be some patch in the kernel, since I used sam drivers and same configuration.
After trying Quake, I don't have the impression that the card works too slow. The speed seems to be the same as in Windows XP.
I had the impression that glxgears worked much better in Knoppix than in Gentoo, but now I think that's because Gentoo uses the native resolution of my laptop's screen (1400x1050), while Knoppix used 1024x768 (IIRC). That's a lot less pixels to fill.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roel Schroeven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [gentoo-user] XFree86 3D: slow, or normal?
I run gentoo on a laptop with a Radeon Mobility 7500 video card. I emerged xfree-drm as recommended in the Gentoo forums, and I think 3D really works. glxinfo|grep direct says Yes.
But when I run glxgears in almost full screen, I get only 50-60 frames per second. Is that normal, considering that full screen is 1400x1050, or should I be able to get more than that? If so, any pointers to more information on how to do it?
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