very slow glxgears performance with Unity

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Thu 03 Nov 2011 20:49:10 SAST, Hugh Caley wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
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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
>
> I've tried it with both of the drivers available to me using 
> jockey-gtk, Bruce. Same problem.
>
> Hugh
>

Hmm, I have Zotac Geforce 9500GT 512MB and 8GB RAM and I get the 
following from glxgears:


-- 
Best of luck,

Bruce