glxgears running slow - 8.10

[Nigel Ridley]

I did a clean install of 8.10 on my boy's box. It's an athlon decent powered machine (about 4 
years old) with a pci express Nvidia graphics card - can't remember all the details - but never 
had problems running 3D apps before.

I installed the Nvidia graphics driver (as Kubuntu recommended - restricted drivers) and glxgears 
gives a lowly plus/minus 800 FPS.
My Dell Inspiron 1525 runs at 1158.077 FPS plus/minus.

How can I increase the FPS on my boy's box? They really want to play some 3D games - and I don't 
want them using my laptop all the time ;-)

Blessings,

Nigel

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