[clue-tech] How to verify hardware acceleration

[David Guntner]

miguelito grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> 
> >  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.

All righty, then. :-)

> >  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.

Oh, ok.  Sounds good then.  Thanks to you and Collins for the reply and
information.

         --Dave
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