New NVidia 5336 Drivers Available - 2.6 Kernel Support

[Marc Schwartz]

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 09:41, Clint Harshaw wrote:
> Marc Schwartz wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Just a quick heads up that NVidia has made available new drivers
> > (version 5336) available, which now include support for the 2.6 kernel.
> > 
> > I am not running 2.6, however I did install the new drivers this morning
> > on a Dell i8200 laptop with a 64 Mb 440 Go card. Using the 4496 drivers,
> > I got around 2000 FPS with glxgears. With 5336, I am getting around 2100
> > FPS with glxgears.
> > 
> [...]
> 
> I've just installed it as well, and it went in just fine without using 
> the CC="gcc32" drill.
> 
> Am I misunderstanding your frames-per-second though? I looked at the 
> frames-per-second for the gears screensaver, and I'm seeing only around 
> 50 fps. That's on a stock PogoLinux Veronna workstation.
> 
> Clint


I think the difference is that you are probably running the gears
screensaver full screen, whereas the numbers that I gave above are from
glxgears running from a console, which is not full screen. If I run
gears full screen, showing the FPS, I am also getting around 50 FPS.

Here is a sampling of the output during glxgears from a console:

10226 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2045.200 FPS
10246 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2049.200 FPS
10230 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2046.000 FPS
10220 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2044.000 FPS
10218 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2043.600 FPS
10157 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2031.400 FPS
10187 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2037.400 FPS

These numbers are about 50 - 75 FPS slower than what I first got after
starting X, before loading other apps. These numbers are with Evolution
and gmplayer running.

BTW, I forgot to mention that I am running the 2.4.22-1.2163.nptl
kernel.

HTH,

Marc