A graphics for older machine

Ztcoracat · 05-06-2017, 08:40 PM

So you already have the GT 710 installed?

I'm not sure why Lubuntu is using 90 percent of the CPU.

Are you sure it's the GPU?

What does htop show?

Quote:

I tried using nouveau and proprietary driver and there is no difference between them. Lubuntu can't make good use of GPU.

If you can't play 1080p check your resolution settings.

Do some research to find out why. And, while your at it maybe run dmesg to find out what is going on. Check the driver and see if that throws any errors.

Code:

dmesg <name of driver>

Ztcoracat · 05-06-2017, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ardvark71

Hello and welcome to the forum

Most likely, the post was held back for review from one of the moderators to ensure that it complied with LQ guidelines. That is standard procedure for first time posters here.

Regards...

Do you have rendering GPU issues with Lubuntu?

Not sure if you have a Nvidia GPU:-

ondoho · 05-07-2017, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by papilon

I am testing GT710. On win7 (sorry for this word on linux forum

) everything is fine and smooth.
On lubuntu... with the same graphics card 720p eats 90% of the CPU power; I can't play 1080p. Why is that so? Why does linux put rendering graphics/HD content down to CPU?

because the proprietary driver doesn't work?
please post output of

Code:

uname -rv
lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'

arahmadi · 05-07-2017, 02:14 AM

Hi, I have tested GT 710, Radeon HD6400, and perhaps GT 240 (within next week).

I am testing it on an Intel DG31PR with Xeon x5450 (mod).

Driver in use: nouveau. Display: Panasonic (TV) 22" 1920x1080p.
Graphic temperature: 52.5 C ~ acceptable (I am living in a tropical country, no aircon in the living room).

Everything seems fine, CPU load while writing this article: ~1.1%.

papilon · 05-07-2017, 04:40 PM

Code:

uname -rv
4.8.0-51-generic #54~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 26 16:00:32 UTC 2017

Code:

lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 128b (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 8c93
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_375_drm, nvidia_375
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller

Shadow_7 · 05-07-2017, 04:52 PM

If power consumption is a concern, ditch the 10yo+ computer. Spend $60 on the asus tinker board, or other options like a minnowboard (x86 based). Which should have specs comparable to your current machine. For $200 you could get something like an hp stream 11 or more modern options like an azulle byte plus. Just saying that it's probably not worth the $100-ish or more for a GPU when you could get entire systems more capable by modern standards. Which use a fraction of the power and puts off almost no heat. You'll save tens of dollars a month on the A/C you didn't have to run. And it'll pay for itself from a certain point of view.

ondoho · 05-08-2017, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by papilon

Code:

uname -rv
4.8.0-51-generic #54~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 26 16:00:32 UTC 2017

Code:

lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 128b (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 8c93
    Kernel driver in use: nvidia
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_375_drm, nvidia_375
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GK208 HDMI/DP Audio Controller

everything seems to be in order.
the proprietary nvidia driver is up and running afaics.
maybe you need some hardware video accel or some opengl magic. this is a little out of my comfort zone though.

papilon · 05-08-2017, 05:16 PM

I didn't buy a brand new graphics card to have the same crap as I had before. This is not the card that bears the blame. I am so angry.

@ondoho
But... there is the light at the end of the tunnel. After hours of browsing on the Internet I tried Chromium. And you know what... I can play 1080p on Chromium. Looks like I have to stick to Chromium, don't I? However, I am still not happy with CPU workload. On Chromium it is about 50%. In comparison to wiodnws sieben it is about 10%.

If you have an idea on how to solve the problem on ff don't hesitate to write.

conclusion: ff browser bears the blame

JeremyBoden · 05-08-2017, 06:16 PM

Are you able to install the 'nvidia-settings' program?

Code:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

It allows you to see and possibly change settings.

ondoho · 05-09-2017, 01:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by papilon

@ondoho
But... there is the light at the end of the tunnel. After hours of browsing on the Internet I tried Chromium. And you know what... I can play 1080p on Chromium. Looks like I have to stick to Chromium, don't I? However, I am still not happy with CPU workload. On Chromium it is about 50%. In comparison to wiodnws sieben it is about 10%.
If you have an idea on how to solve the problem on ff don't hesitate to write.
conclusion: ff browser bears the blame

why would you use a browser at all to blayback video.

anyhow, your experience points to hardware accelaration problems, and yes, firefox is known to have problems with that (at least on linux).
why not just load your video links into mpv with youtube-dl.

lionrock · 01-24-2021, 01:07 PM

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JeremyBoden · 01-24-2021, 02:08 PM

I've has this GPU for at least 5+ years

Code:

lspci -k | grep -iEA5 'vga|3d|display'
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 730] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd GK208B [GeForce GT 730]
	Kernel driver in use: nvidia
	Kernel modules: nvidia

Its always proved capable of 1920 x 1080p via HDMI, in anything - firefox included.
Quite capable of handling full screen HD video, even though it only cost about £30.

I don't know what you would get via the VGA connection.

ondoho · 01-25-2021, 12:54 AM

It's funny, so many people start this kind of thread (help! how can I play YT videos on my matured laptop!) over the years, and they don't really change much at all. (something to be said for searching before posting)

I thought this was something I'd replied to yesterday, not 3 years ago.