very slow glxgears performance with Unity

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Wed 02 Nov 2011 21:06:44 SAST, Hugh Caley wrote:
> I'm using an nvidia GeForce 210 card and the proprietary drivers. I'm 
> running in nvidia's "twinview" mode to get a desktop spread over two 
> monitors. With every desktop except Unity 3D (Gnome 3, Gnome 2, Gnome 
> 2 with Compiz, Unity 2D) I get well over 1000 fps with glxgears. With 
> Unity 3D I get > 100 fps.
>
> Any idea why it is so slow with Unity 3D only?
> -- 
> */Hugh Caley/
> Linux System Administrator
> Aldon Business Area
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>

Hi Hugh,

Which version of the drivers are you using? If you are using version 
173 try "version current" which is [recommended] using jockey-gtk.

-- 
Best of luck,

Bruce