----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernie Schroder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] XFree86 3D: slow, or normal?
> On Thursday 09 October 2003 08:15 am, SN wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roel Schroeven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 4:13 PM > > 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? > > > > > > -- > > > "Codito ergo sum" > > > Roel Schroeven > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > What is your AGP status? > > $ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status > Status: Enabled > Driver: NVIDIA > AGP Rate: 4x > Fast Writes: Disabled > SBA: Disabled Yep > > are you using nvidia AGP or xfree's AGPGART? > glxgears here runs 315 f/sec full screen @1600x1200 16bit same as under Mandrake because I copied the mdk config file over :-) so it's no config thing it's only a kernel thang. I have a bout the same fps rate as your card using gentoo, but I have twice the rate with mandrake. > -- > Regards, Ernie > 100% Microsoft and Intel free > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
