Re: [Flightgear-users] FYI: nvidia driver 8756 released for Linux
--- Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Version: 1.0-8756 > Operating System: Linux IA32 > Release Date: April 7, 2006 > > Release Highlights > http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8756.html > > m. > I'd like to find out if I should install this driver, and if it will improve frame rate in FG. I have a Dell Inspiron 8200, 2 GB RAM, 1.6 GHz Pentium CPU. Video card is 32 MB DDR 4X AGP GeForce2. Current driver: # more /proc/driver/nvidia/version NVRM version: NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-6629 Wed Nov 3 13:12: 51 PST 2004 GCC version: gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7) Using these options: --geometry=1024x768 --disable-specular-highlight --visibility-miles=18.0 I get 12-14 frame per second. I've been told that this is about all I can expect from the 32 MB card. Thanks, Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
Re: [Flightgear-users] FYI: nvidia driver 8756 released for Linux
Mike Rawlins wrote: --- Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Version: 1.0-8756 Operating System: Linux IA32 Release Date: April 7, 2006 Release Highlights http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-8756.html m. I'd like to find out if I should install this driver, and if it will improve frame rate in FG. I have a Dell Inspiron 8200, 2 GB RAM, 1.6 GHz Pentium CPU. Video card is 32 MB DDR 4X AGP GeForce2. Current driver: # more /proc/driver/nvidia/version NVRM version: NVIDIA Linux x86 NVIDIA Kernel Module 1.0-6629 Wed Nov 3 13:12: 51 PST 2004 GCC version: gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7) Using these options: --geometry=1024x768 --disable-specular-highlight --visibility-miles=18.0 I get 12-14 frame per second. I've been told that this is about all I can expect from the 32 MB card. Sounds about right. The s3tc patch improves things a bit in areas where there are lots of textures (like near the carrier), but you're definitely near the limits of that card. -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
Re: [Flightgear-users] FYI: nvidia driver 8756 released for Linux
i have a very bad FPS (10-12) when airport lights are switched on (with or without enhanced-lighting option) and with old and newer nvidia-driver. The video device is a gForce FX5700 LE with 256Mo RAM. I don't understand why. With FlightGear 0.9.9 only the enhanced-lightning option make this (but only 2 or 3 FPS in that case). -- Didier FABERT [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
Re: [Flightgear-users] FYI: nvidia driver 8756 released for Linux
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Jon Stockill wrote: Mike Rawlins wrote: Using these options: --geometry=1024x768 --disable-specular-highlight --visibility-miles=18.0 I get 12-14 frame per second. I've been told that this is about all I can expect from the 32 MB card. Sounds about right. The s3tc patch improves things a bit in areas where there are lots of textures (like near the carrier), but you're definitely near the limits of that card. With the s3tc patch I most often got 15 - 25 fps[0] at 1024x768 with my old GeForce2 400MX / 32MB card. When the card ran out of texture memory I got about ~1-2 fps at most, but that only happened before the patch. I you aren't alread using --disable-enhanced-lighting I think it might give you some additional fps. [0] At KSFO. With little on-screen it could go to 40 - 50 fps, even. Cheers, Anders -- "Luck is my middle name," said Rincewind, indistinctly. "Mind you, my first name is Bad." -- (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times) - | Anders Gidenstam | Tel: 031-230645 070-296 1707 | | Email: anders(at)gidenstam.org | WWW: http://www.gidenstam.org| - (Note to Outlook users: Click forward/vidarebefodra to make any attachments visible.) --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
Re: [Flightgear-users] FYI: nvidia driver 8756 released for Linux
--- Anders Gidenstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Jon Stockill wrote: > > > Mike Rawlins wrote: > >> > >> Using these options: > >> --geometry=1024x768 > >> --disable-specular-highlight > >> --visibility-miles=18.0 > >> > >> I get 12-14 frame per second. I've been told that > this > >> is about all I can expect from the 32 MB card. > > > > Sounds about right. The s3tc patch improves things > a bit in areas where there > > are lots of textures (like near the carrier), but > you're definitely near the > > limits of that card. > > With the s3tc patch I most often got 15 - 25 fps[0] > at 1024x768 with my > old GeForce2 400MX / 32MB card. When the card ran > out of texture memory I > got about ~1-2 fps at most, but that only happened > before the patch. > > I you aren't alread using > --disable-enhanced-lighting > I think it might give you some additional fps. > > [0] At KSFO. With little on-screen it could go to 40 > - 50 fps, even. > > Cheers, > > Anders I tried --disable-enhanced-lighting. No significant difference. Interestingly, at night the FPS is only 6-8. Around 10 FPS average will have to do, as I'm running FG on the laptop given to me for work. If I ever decide to buy a desktop, I'll consider a top-notch video card/graphics setup. And like you and Jon pointed out, maybe the s3tc patch will help. Mike __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
Re: [Flightgear-users] FYI: nvidia driver 8756 released for Linux
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Re: [Flightgear-users] FYI: nvidia driver 8756 released for Linux
Hi there, Didier wrote: i have a very bad FPS (10-12) when airport lights are switched on (with or without enhanced-lighting option) and with old and newer nvidia-driver. The video device is a gForce FX5700 LE with 256Mo RAM. I don't understand why. With FlightGear 0.9.9 only the enhanced-lightning option make this (but only 2 or 3 FPS in that case). Check your antialias setting. I use 2x Quincunx antialias and 4x anisotropic filter on my GeForce FX5700TD, and get OK frame rate even with 1920x1440 resolution and all eye-candy on... Some people report the 5700LE can be overclocked very well - the GPU core clock on your card is only 250MHz (my 5700TD is 425MHz). Try using NVclock from this link... http://www.linuxhardware.org/nvclock/ Just be careful not to cook your card - some cards will slow down to protect from overheating, but the 5700LE may not have that feature to protect it... :-) Kind regards, Chris Wilkinson, Brisbane, Australia. --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 ___ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
