OpenGL and nVidia question...

[Brian H. Chabot]

I just switched from the default nv driver to the nvidia commercial one 
and I'm not too pleased.


The framerate on anything using GLX is abyssmal.  We're talking 6.2 FPS 
on glxgears and about one frame per 20 seconds on America's Army or 
ut2003demo.

Perhaps someone here could tell me what I'm doing wrong? Please?  After 
reading the docs, I think I have everything configured right...

System info:
Athlon XP 2200+
512MB RAM
GeForce FX 5200 128MB
Mandrake Linux 9.2 with 2.4.22-1mdk kernel
Using the latest nVidia driver, 1.0-5328

 From my XF86config-4:

Section "Module"
     Load "dbe" # Double-Buffering Extension
     Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
     Load "extmod"
     Load "type1"
     Load "freetype"
     Load "glx" # 3D layer
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
     Identifier "monitor1"
     VendorName "Mitsubishi"
     ModelName "Mitsubishi Diamond Scan 17HX (FFF8705)"
     HorizSync 30.0-82.0
     VertRefresh 50.0-130.0
EndSection
Section "Device"
     Identifier "device1"
     VendorName "NVidia"
     BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
     Driver "nvidia"
#    Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
     Identifier "screen1"
     Device "device1"
     Monitor "monitor1"
     DefaultColorDepth 24
        Subsection "Display"
         Depth 24
         Virtual 1280 1024
     EndSubsection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
     Identifier "layout1"
     InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
     InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
     Screen "screen1"
EndSection







# glxgears
28 frames in 5.0 seconds =  5.600 FPS
32 frames in 5.0 seconds =  6.400 FPS
31 frames in 5.0 seconds =  6.200 FPS
32 frames in 5.0 seconds =  6.400 FPS

# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.3
server glx extensions:
     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
     GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
     GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.3
client glx extensions:
     GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
     GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
     GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
     GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer
GLX extensions:
     GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
     GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
     GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce FX 5200/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!/forceSW
OpenGL version string: 1.4.1 NVIDIA 53.28
OpenGL extensions:
     GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_imaging,
     GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query,
     GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow,
     GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
     GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
     GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
     GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
     GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_window_pos,
     GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra,
     GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
     GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
     GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
     GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_paletted_texture, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
     GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
     GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
     GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side,
     GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc,
     GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
     GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3,
     GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod,
     GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_vertex_array,
     GL_HP_occlusion_test, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
     GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_KTX_buffer_region, 
GL_NV_blend_square,
     GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_fence,
     GL_NV_float_buffer, GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_fragment_program,
     GL_NV_half_float, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, 
GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint,
     GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, 
GL_NV_pixel_data_range,
     GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_register_combiners,
     GL_NV_register_combiners2, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
     GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4,
     GL_NV_texture_expand_normal, GL_NV_texture_rectangle,
     GL_NV_texture_shader, GL_NV_texture_shader2, GL_NV_texture_shader3,
     GL_NV_vertex_array_range, GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, 
GL_NV_vertex_program,
     GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_NV_vertex_program2, GL_NVX_ycrcb,
     GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture,
     GL_SGIX_shadow, GL_SUN_slice_accum
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
     GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess