1 |
Dale wrote: |
2 |
> Hi, |
3 |
> |
4 |
> I am thinking of upgrading from a FX-5200 with 128Mb video card to a |
5 |
> GeForce 6200 with 512MB. It will be AGP since this is a older rig. |
6 |
> My system is something like this: |
7 |
> |
8 |
> Mobo: Abit NF7 2.0 |
9 |
> CPU: AMD 2500+ No overclocking |
10 |
> Memory: 2Gbs of 333Mhz. |
11 |
> Monitor: Gateway 19" running 1280 x 1024 |
12 |
> |
13 |
> I think my memory is fine, it never uses all of it, or even half of |
14 |
> it, except for caching stuff. I may try to get a 3000+ or 3200+ CPU |
15 |
> if I can run up on a good deal. I'm thinking of doing the video card |
16 |
> first because it is cheaper. I have also noticed that playing movies |
17 |
> on here is getting a bit slow if I go full screen or close to full |
18 |
> screen. I'm bad to download from youtube and then play them locally |
19 |
> full screen or as close as it will allow. |
20 |
> |
21 |
> I do use the nvidia drivers. Currently: |
22 |
> |
23 |
> nvidia-drivers-173.14.25 |
24 |
> |
25 |
> I'm on that one because I think I need to upgrade my kernel to use the |
26 |
> latest one that was recently put in the tree. I'm looking at this card: |
27 |
> |
28 |
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133328 |
29 |
> |
30 |
> What kind of improvement can I expect from this video card upgrade? |
31 |
> While I am at it, the CPU upgrade won't make that much difference |
32 |
> right? Maybe 20% or so faster or something like that? |
33 |
> |
34 |
> Thoughts? Opinions? |
35 |
> |
36 |
> Thanks. |
37 |
> |
38 |
> Dale |
39 |
> |
40 |
> :-) :-) |
41 |
> |
42 |
|
43 |
OK. I been thinking on this. I decided to run glxgears to see what |
44 |
sort of frame rates I get. I used to get about 30 or so. I know this |
45 |
isn't the best test in the world but I should get something to compare |
46 |
to at least. This is what I get: |
47 |
|
48 |
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.148 FPS |
49 |
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.165 FPS |
50 |
15 frames in 5.3 seconds = 2.811 FPS |
51 |
16 frames in 5.2 seconds = 3.075 FPS |
52 |
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.130 FPS |
53 |
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.159 FPS |
54 |
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.167 FPS |
55 |
16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.154 FPS |
56 |
|
57 |
|
58 |
So, same card as a year or so ago and same everything else but now I get |
59 |
only about 1/10th the frame rate. What gives? Is this a driver issue? |
60 |
I'm going to take the side off and blow out the case in a bit and test |
61 |
again. I'm open to ideas in the meantime tho. I may not need a |
62 |
upgrade, I may just need to fix what I got. |
63 |
|
64 |
Dale |
65 |
|
66 |
:-) :-) |