On Wednesday 02 January 2008 12:46:24 pm Curtis Olson wrote: > On Jan 2, 2008 12:32 PM, Fred Larson <> wrote: > > I put this question to the "General Help" forum, and they suggested that > > I ask > > the users list. > > > > I'm getting frame rates of around 5-8 when flying the default C172P in > > the default 800x600 window. I've done some experimenting with rendering > > options, > > color depth, etc. without much effect. I tried full-screen game mode, > > which > > decreased my frame rate. > > > > Machine: Dell GX270 > > CPU: P4 2.8 GHz > > Memory: 512 Mb > > Video: Intel 82865G integrated > > Monitor: Acer 1680x1050 LCD > > OS: Kubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) > > > > Do you think this hardware is inadequate to get a better frame rate, or > > do I > > have a config problem somewhere? Any suggestions? > > Let me start out by saying that I am biased towards nvidia graphics > hardware becuase it generally works very well and is very trouble free > under linux (your mileage may vary a bit and I'm sure there are counter > stories, but generally I feel that nvidia is the best performing and best > supported option right now for linux users.) > > I can say fairly confidently that if you installed a $100 nvidia card or > better, and installed the nvidia linux drivers, you will see about a 10x > frame rate increase. > > Regards, > > Curt.
Thanks, Curt. I'm considering that. There may be a few hurdles to getting a new card in this box, such as: 1. getting the budget allocation from the finance committee (i.e., my wife) 2. if there's enough space in the box (I haven't opened the case on this thing -- I understand they can be tight) 3. if the case has enough cooling for a new video card 4. if the PSU can handle it. I can probably finagle #1 if the rest aren't a problem. But I thought I'd see if someone might be able to help me determine if the i865 is actually doing all it can, and if not, how I might be able to fix my config. -- Fred 8v) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users