[clue-tech] How to verify hardware acceleration

[David Guntner]

Ken MacFerrin grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> 
> David Guntner wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Something still seems a little off here.  I'm only running a 256MB
> 6600GT with dual LCDs under Gentoo and average between 7000-7200 fps
> on each screen.  If your card supports it, I'd check to see if Side
> Band Addressing and Fast Writes help.  Check your
> "/etc/modules.d/nvidia" and look for the following line:
> "options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1"
> 
> Make sure this is uncommented, then run "modules-update" and reboot.

Hmmm.  I don't seem to have any such file.  The closest thing to that
which I can find is /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf, which is empty.
Should I try adding the line there?

Also, I don't seem to have any modules-update program in my system that
I can find....  Ideas?

> More info here:
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Nvidia_Driver_AGP_FastWrite_and_Side_Band_Addressing

I'll look at that, thanks.

             --Dave

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