very slow glxgears performance with Unity

[Bruce Pieterse]

On Thu 03 Nov 2011 21:26:51 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?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> 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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>

Yes, I am running 3D. I logged in to 2D earlier to test something else.

-- 
Best of luck,

Bruce