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jmrbcu

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From: Cuba

Registered: 2007-08-20

Posts: 112

nvidia and fps

hello folks, I finally get my Nvidia riva tnt2 m64 to work with direct rendering but I get too low fps, over 500 fps with glxgears, when I activate gnome composite manager, everything is too slow so I need some help, anyone?

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thomasknowles

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From: England

Registered: 2008-11-23

Posts: 38

Re: nvidia and fps

Your video card is terribly old, I wouldn't expect too much from it, a score of 500 sounds reasonable for the specification of the card [1]. I don't think using composite will be within your hardwares capabilities.

[1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison … sing_units

Last edited by thomasknowles (2008-11-24 04:02:42)

jmrbcu

Member

From: Cuba

Registered: 2007-08-20

Posts: 112

Re: nvidia and fps

so, there is no chance to get better with this card?

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thomasknowles

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From: England

Registered: 2008-11-23

Posts: 38

Re: nvidia and fps

Though I wouldn't take my definitive oppinion on it, I am however pretty certain that you will not be capable of utilsing most of the "eye candy" supplied by composite and its variants. Sorry.

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: nvidia and fps

That number sound about right -- I used to get int eh 1500s with an FX5600 card. I'd say that with anything less than a GeForce 256  or better you'd not be able to use composite.

Nezmer

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Registered: 2008-10-24

Posts: 559

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Re: nvidia and fps

I don't know what are you talking about guys .
I have an old FX-5200 with the nvidia-173xx driver and I get 430 FPS average . I'm running Compiz Fusion+Emerald and It's working just fine .

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SiC

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From: Liverpool, England

Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 430

Re: nvidia and fps

Yes but a riva TNT2 is at least 3 chip generations behind the FX-5200 in, in terms of supported chip features, such as hardware T&L.

jacko

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Registered: 2007-11-23

Posts: 840

Re: nvidia and fps

I owned riva tnt2 card myself, was a great card back in the late 90's if memory serves me correctly. I say 500 FPS is a bargin for that card. Not to mention, that card has to be a legacy card by now, if you are getting 500 FPS with new 173 drivers then feel even more lucky.

iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: nvidia and fps

Yeah, the riva chip doesn't have TnL support and was replaced by the first generation of GeForce card that did support hardware TnL.

jmrbcu

Member

From: Cuba

Registered: 2007-08-20

Posts: 112

Re: nvidia and fps

thanks guys!!!

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