glxgears running slow - 8.10

[Willy K. Hamra]

Nigel Ridley wrote:
> 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
> 

are desktop effects on? firstly, if you want games, desktop effects
makes games' screen glitchy, it's better to turn them off.
on my PC, i get around 1300 FPS when desktop effects are on, and i'm not
touching anything, as soon as i start moving the mouse it goes down to
700. but if effects are off, it would go to 2000 on rest, and about 1500
when moving the mouse over various plasma objects.

BTW, alt-f12 is a hotkey for toggling effects on and off

-- 
Willy K. Hamra
Manager of Hamra Information Systems
Co. Manager of Zeina Computer & Billy Net
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