very slow glxgears performance with Unity

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Thu 03 Nov 2011 21:00:32 SAST, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
> 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
>>>> Aldon Business Area
>>>> Rocket Software*
>>>> 6001 Shellmound St. Ste. 600 ? Emeryville, CA 94608 ? USA
>>>> Tel:+1.510.285.8542
>>>> Email:hcaley at aldon.com
>>>> Web:aldon.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 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:
>
>

Whoops, accidentally pressed sent. This is what I get from glxgears:

 ~ glxgears 
21522 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4304.254 FPS
23032 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4606.329 FPS
22947 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4589.378 FPS
22852 frames in 5.0 seconds = 4570.190 FPS

-- 
Best of luck,

Bruce