Cedega 5.1 and CS: Source performance

eqisow · 02-16-2006, 01:53 PM

I have recently downloaded and installed Cedega 5.1 and am attempting to play Counter-Strike: Source. Everything installs and launches fine, but I am getting absolutely horrible performance in game. At 640x480 with all settings on low I get something like 20-30 FPS. Somewhere between 6 months and a year ago I got Windows level performance (with slight graphical glitching) on the same system and Ubuntu Hoary, so I know better is possible. All of the system test in Cedega pass. The Cedega settings for Steam are currently at default, though I feel like I have tried every possible combination of settings. I have also tried Cedega versions 5.0.2, 5.0.3, and 5.1. System specs are as follows:

AMD 64 3000+
2GB DDR400 RAM
GeForce 6800 (128 MB) using 81.87 drivers
Kubuntu Breezy running 2.6.12-10 686 kernel.
Xorg version 6.8.2

Xorg.conf:

Code:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Files"

        # paths to defoma fonts
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/CID"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"

#       Load    "GLcore"
    Load           "bitmap"
    Load           "ddc"
#       Load    "dri"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "int10"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Generic Monitor"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 95.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 85.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"

#       Option          "UseFBDev"              "true"
    Identifier     "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "NVIDIA Corporation NV40 [GeForce 6800]"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "NoLogo" "on"
    Option         "RenderAccel" "true"
    Option         "BackingStore" "On"
    Option         "NvAgp" "1"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       1
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Does anybody have any ideas on improving performance to something playable? Looking forward to hearing your input, thanks in advance.

eqisow · 02-16-2006, 03:59 PM

I have just noticed that under Advanced Video Options in CS: Source it shows the hardware DX level as 7. This (I think) means that it is emulating DX9 features on the software level, which is not good. I tried adding '-dxlevel 90' to the launch options for CS:S. After doing this the hardware DX level shows up as 9.0 under the options... until I actually enter a game, in which case the hardware DX level shows up as 7 again and the extreme laginess ensues. Does anybody think that this is, in fact, the problem? If it is, what could I do aout it?