NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Extremely Slow

[Ric Moore]

On 03/10/2013 02:09 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
> On 13-03-09 08:13 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 03/09/2013 05:32 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
>>> On 13-03-09 04:58 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> On 03/09/2013 01:25 PM, Keith Clark wrote:
>>>>> On 13-03-08 08:44 PM, Lawrence Houston wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Keith Clark wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 13-03-08 07:10 PM, Lawrence Houston wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Keith Clark wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 13-03-08 06:21 PM, Lawrence Houston wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Colin Law wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 8 March 2013 21:14, Keith Clark
>>>>>>>>>>> <keithclark at waterloosubstop.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> I am currently running Xubuntu 12.10 64 bit and have a NVIDIA
>>>>>>>>>>>> 6200 video
>>>>>>>>>>>> card with 512 MB of memory on it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Using the NVIDIA 304.48 driver I am getting extremely slow
>>>>>>>>>>>> performance.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ubuntu running Unity will not even start up. I see it starting,
>>>>>>>>>>>> get to my
>>>>>>>>>>>> background showing and then nothing else shows up.  I have to
>>>>>>>>>>>> ctl-alt-del
>>>>>>>>>>>> and log in with a Xubuntu session to use my computer at all.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> glxgears reports 2.5 fps.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Using the open source drivers yields only about 25 fps.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Any ideas on what is wrong here?  I files a bug report back in
>>>>>>>>>>>> December but
>>>>>>>>>>>> got nothing back yet.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Sorry I missed the Original Posting...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> None of NVidia's Drivers work "Correcty" with the 6200, remove
>>>>>>>>>> all
>>>>>>>>>> Propietory NVidia Drivers the Default "Nouveau" Driver will be
>>>>>>>>>> Unity "Friendly"!!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Agreed NVidia's Proprietory Drivers used to work in previous Ubuntu
>>>>>>>> Releases for me as well, that said the 6200 is a Low End Card
>>>>>>>> (comparred to NVidia's "Newer" Card).  "Catch" I have an 4X AGP
>>>>>>>> Port
>>>>>>>> and there is NOT Many Cards which I could find without a Fan that
>>>>>>>> would fit my 2004 DELL!!!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Lawrence Houston  --  (ubuntu at greenfield.dyndns.org)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lawrence,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you try to get any support from NVIDIA on this?  In their dev
>>>>>>> forums?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Keith
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did not contact NVidia on this issue.  Given the age of the 6200 I
>>>>>> question whether they would want to track it down???
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lawrence Houston  --  (ubuntu at greenfield.dyndns.org)
>>>>>>
>>>>> Well they list it as compatible in their documentation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regardless, I think I've found the solution to my problem. It can be
>>>>> found here:
>>>>> http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-quetzal-nvidia.html
>>>>>
>>>>> I went from 2.5 fps originally, 50 fps with the nouveau driver and
>>>>> finally 550 fps with the latest installed nvidia drivers as per the
>>>>> web
>>>>> page above.
>>>>>
>>>>> nvidia driver version shows 304.84
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this might help someone else.
>>>> Glad you got it sorted! Whew! Congrats for keeping a level head and
>>>> not fixing it with a blunt heavy object. Ric
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Oh yeah.  It has been an issue since I upgraded to 12.10.  So glad I
>>> found that website!
>>>
>>> Funny, in Ubuntu I get 550 fps.  In Xubuntu I get 1100 fps.  Now that is
>>> a major difference!
>>
>> It's all I will use. But, adding a second video card and running three
>> monitors takes a performance hit using xinerama and the nVidia driver.
>> Gonna try setting them all to separate X displays and fiddling with
>> xrandr. xinarama disables xrandr. Warzone2100 across three displays is
>> awesome fun. Ric
>>
>>
>>
> You had to go and bring up Warzone......there goes my Sunday now....

Just installed Saeurbraten and had to turn off the power saver routines 
to get the software cursor to work. Rampaging monsters across three 
monitors, 5.1 sound system, my Sunday is REALLY shot! :) Ric



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