very slow glxgears performance with Unity

[Hugh Caley]

> 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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> 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

There don't seem to be any numbers, there, Bruce ;)

Assuming that your numbers were high, are you sure you are running the 
default Unity 3D, and not the 2D version?  As I mentioned, I got numbers 
 > 1000 fps on every desktop except Unity 3D.  Actually, that's not 
quite true, I think I was getting around 650 fps with Gnome 3, but 
that's still a lot faster than my < 100 fps with Unity 3D.

Hugh

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