nvidia slower?

[kensai]

William Brent Holland Wrote: 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just installed ubuntu and i have to say it looks great.
> 
> I was very pleased with the package manager.  You even had nvidia
> binary
> modules in the mix.
> 
> However, after installing the nvidia module and configuring my system,
> I
> ran glxgears, and i noticed that it's running about 300 fps slower than
> the offical nvidia package on slackware.  I thought perhaps gnome was
> slowing things down so I went to console and did: startx -exec xterm,
> and
> started glxgears from there but it was no faster.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get the fastest fps
> possible (I like to play america's army) under ubuntu?
> 
> Would I see an improvement if I installed the kernel sources and
> installed
> the offical packages the old fashon way?
> 
> Thanks,
> Brent
> 
> 
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You can Ignore what glxgears said I have the same problem but I'm
running Unreal Tournament as fast as any other distro. I think the
problem here is glxgears working slow not the nvidia drivers.


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