[clue-tech] How to verify hardware acceleration

[miguelito]

>  From: David Guntner <davidg at akaMail.net>
>  Subject: [clue-tech] How to verify hardware acceleration
>  Sent: 14 May '07 19:53
>  
>  I'm running Mandriva Linux 2007.0, and have a NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
>  installed.  I'm using the driver that you download from NVIDIA's
>  website, and it's installed properly (that I can verify from the NVIDIA
>  logo splash page as X starts up).  When I run glxgears, I only see

Once you get the nVidia splash screen, you are done. That screen only comes up from nvidia's proprietary drivers, which have hardware acceleration enabeld by default. You're good to go.

>  about high 5200's to low 5300's for the FPS rate.  I'm not convinced
>  that hardware acceleration is taking place with my setup.

There's the further proof, if you really need it. Once you get out of the hundreds of fps, you're using acceleration. 5300fps? You've got some pretty damned good acceleration going on.
 
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