Someone please clue me in here: I just bought a geforce 6800 to replace my fx 5200, and was expecting wonderful framerates in my games (mainly return to castle wolfenstein). However, my fps is just as bad as when I was running the geforce fx 5200. Here's my system specs:

amd 2200+
.5 gig pc2700 ddr ram
xfx geforce 6800
fedora core 3
msi ultra2 motherboard

excerpt from my xorg.conf:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce FX (generic)"
EndSection

Should the BoardName be indicating something more specific, like GeForce 6800? Do I need to reinstall the linux drivers?

I used to have a geforce fx 5200 installed. When I got the 6800, I took out the 5200, put the 6800 in, and booted up. kudzu detected that I no longer had the 5200, and removed the old configuration. When I first installed the o/s with the fx 5200, I went through all the steps to install the linux drivers, which worked perfectly. Why in the world am I only getting about 15 fps in a 2 year-old game with this beast of a vid card? I know my rig would strain to play doom3, but this isn't doom3. I just want decent fps in wolf. What in the world is wrong? I know that with my setup and new card, I should be getting excellent framerates, but something's holding it back. What gives?

pd

Did you install the driver from nVidia's site? What's the output from glxinfo and what kind of framerate do you get from glxgears? (Run it in a terminal and it'll show you it's fps)

Yes, I installed the drivers from nVidia's site.

[paper@localhost ~]$ glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: No
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: SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_allocate_memory,
GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_MESA_swap_frame_usage, GLX_OML_swap_method,
GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce 6800/AGP/SSE/3DNOW!
OpenGL version string: 1.2 (1.5.2 NVIDIA 66.29)
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_point_parameters,
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax,
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_INGR_blend_func_separate,
GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess


[paper@localhost ~]$ glxgears
39977 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7995.400 FPS
43547 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8709.400 FPS
43547 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8709.400 FPS
43054 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8610.800 FPS
43340 frames in 5.0 seconds = 8668.000 FPS
53941 frames in 5.0 seconds = 10788.200 FPS


So what does all of this mean? Are those fps scores good? And what does this mean:
direct rendering: No (taken from above)

Should that be yes? How do I change that?

The frames is gears "blow the doors off" my laptop, but that's not a big accomplishment.

Direct rendering should be on, yes. Check out this tutorial for help.

UPDATE:

So, you bought a new vid card and you're running linux? Swapped em out and nothing seems different? Here's what to do:

I fixed the problem. I just reinstalled the nvidia driver. Follow these instructions to the letter:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...vidia+tutorial

I made sure to redo all of the steps that I did when I first installed the driver with my old card. Rebooted, and voila. I'm getting beastly framerates in my games.

Thanks for all of the help! It's game time..

holy f*uck.....i only get around 700-800 fps with my GeForce4 MX.....i gotta get me one of those cards!

Yah now that I reinstalled the nvidia drivers, I get over 11,000 fps with glxgears. And it's not bad with real games, too .

$270 on newegg.com for the xfx geforce 6800 retail.

well i have had the same problem, then i have installed the new driver and all works fine.

wondered how to check its installed OK

14k+ in glxgears! should be working I guess...

Nox