Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Roy Wright <royw@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] NVidia - advice!
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:37:21
Message-Id: 43C5EAB9.6090208@cisco.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] NVidia - advice! by James Chapman
1 James Chapman wrote:
2
3 >I have a new 7800GT and it runs perfectly.
4 >Had to install the drivers manually (emerge kept breaking everything)
5 >but it is really really awesome.
6 >
7 >aa@bluepoint ~ $ glxgears
8 >57792 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11558.400 FPS
9 >68485 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13697.000 FPS
10 >68615 frames in 5.0 seconds = 13723.000 FPS
11 >
12 >This was while running 8 desktops with at least one application of some
13 >sort or another running on each one!
14 >
15 >
16 >
17 Just a comparison, 6800GT on 3Ghz Pentium 4 box, video: twinview
18 3200x1200, KDE 3.5.
19
20
21 royw-gentoo etc # glxgears
22 44741 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8948.200 FPS
23 56631 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11326.200 FPS
24 45769 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9153.800 FPS
25 45602 frames in 5.0 seconds = 9120.400 FPS
26 57139 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11427.800 FPS
27
28 Then for grins I ran it again and maximized the window (filled one of
29 the two monitors)
30 within the first 5 seconds:
31
32 royw-gentoo etc # glxgears
33 35083 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7016.600 FPS
34 4027 frames in 5.0 seconds = 805.400 FPS
35 4037 frames in 5.0 seconds = 807.400 FPS
36 4036 frames in 5.0 seconds = 807.200 FPS
37 4034 frames in 5.0 seconds = 806.800 FPS
38
39 Have fun,
40 Roy
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