Why do some games run slow and jerky?

Dog Byte · 01-13-2004, 08:12 PM

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Originally posted by kilgoretrout
Those fps really suck. No wonder your games aren't running well. Try running this in a console:

So what number don't suck? My GeForce2 card runs around 280 fps.

The "enable 3D" option is greyed out in the display configuration (I'm running at 1600x1200 and that might be beyond the 3D engine's ability).

Just curious.

futhark · 01-13-2004, 08:58 PM

I have a Celeron 1.6, 512MB of ram and a GeForce MX (old ones). I am getting 815 fps.

Drivers for ATI cards improve, but nVidia still are the best supported cards on Linux. The rule I applied for the last 2 years or so when recommending hardware for Linux:

Get an nVidia card
Install nVidia's Linux drivers
Make sure you load the nvidia driver (driver is "nvidia" and not "nv")

I see all video drivers shipping with distributions as basic. They will offer good services for 2D, but no more. If you are to play games or do 3d stuff, you need not only a card offering flawless OpenGL support, you need a card that has drivers delivering flawless OpenGL driver support. In Linux the problem lies on the driver side. Not all drivers are good. nVidia drivers are excellent. Of course nVidia drivers won't work with ATI.