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Old 02-05-2004, 11:24 PM   #1
GT_Onizuka
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GeForce FX 5200 XF86Config


I've been having some problems with my FPS in glxgears on my new Slackware install. I was wondering if anyone with a GeForce FX 5200 could post their XF86Config, so I can check to see what I might be missing that would be cool. I'm using Slack 9.1, but I doubt it really matters. Thanks!
 
Old 02-05-2004, 11:35 PM   #2
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well have you installed the nvidia drivers ? or are you still using the generic driver ?
 
Old 02-06-2004, 02:36 AM   #3
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download the nvidia driver form their website, then run it. Afterwards change one line in your XF86Config with a text editor (I use pico myself). Under your Video Card settings change to driver = "nvidia". That's all there is to it unless you are running the 2.6.x kernel in which case the 5328 driver doesn't install correctly. In this case either download an older driver (like 4496) or get the corrected driver. I wish I could give you a link to the corrected driver, buy I don't remember it offhand . If you are running a 2.4.x kernel then the driver on the nvidia website should work fine.


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Old 02-06-2004, 10:00 AM   #4
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Oh I have the nVidia driver, and things work OK. My problem is, I only get high FPS in glxgears (and StepMania perfoms a little sub-par). I just wanted to compare my XF86Config with someone else because I had it working nicer on my old install of Slackware. It isn't a driver issue, if anything, I just have something a little odd in my Config. That's all
 
Old 02-06-2004, 11:50 AM   #5
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Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "XFree86 Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
    ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/fluxbox-artwiz-fonts/"
    FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "speedo"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option      "Protocol" "auto"
    Option      "Device" "/dev/mouse"
    Option      "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option      "Resolution" "200"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
    HorizSync    60
    VertRefresh  75
    Option       "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Option     "NoLogo" "True"            	# [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
    BoardName   "Unknown Board"
    BusID       "PCI:2:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 16
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     1
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     4
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth 16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection
HTH
 
Old 02-06-2004, 11:55 AM   #6
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Thank you, also if you could post the average framerate you get in glxgears, that would be great too. Thanks!
 
Old 02-06-2004, 04:08 PM   #7
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Quote:
Originally posted by sirdilznik
download the nvidia driver form their website, then run it. Afterwards change one line in your XF86Config with a text editor (I use pico myself). Under your Video Card settings change to driver = "nvidia". That's all there is to it unless you are running the 2.6.x kernel in which case the 5328 driver doesn't install correctly. In this case either download an older driver (like 4496) or get the corrected driver. I wish I could give you a link to the corrected driver, buy I don't remember it offhand . If you are running a 2.4.x kernel then the driver on the nvidia website should work fine.


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Thats not true d00d! I've had My Nvidia G-Force FX 5200 running under 2.61 and I currently have my FX running on 2.62.
 
Old 02-06-2004, 04:53 PM   #8
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Thank you, also if you could post the average framerate you get in glxgears, that would be great too. Thanks!
8189 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1637.800 FPS
9301 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1860.200 FPS
9163 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1832.600 FPS
9267 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1853.400 FPS
9324 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1864.800 FPS
 
Old 02-06-2004, 06:32 PM   #9
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Yes I am having the same problem after finally get the Nvidia drivers installed. When I used the latest package installation the drivers were not getting loaded so I went back to 4349.tar.gz version and everything went fine.

However I am now only get slow FPS
Code:
7361 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1472.200 FPS
8472 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1694.400 FPS
8420 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1684.000 FPS
8341 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1668.200 FPS
8297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1659.400 FPS
8366 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1673.200 FPS
Is there any chance that the slow FPS is because I am using older drivers. If so is there anything I can do as installing from the pakages doesn't seem to wotk for me at all?
 
Old 02-15-2004, 12:21 PM   #10
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Hey you know what's funny? If I let I glxgears run and I start doing other things, I get FPS around 3800-4000, but if I let everything else besides glxgears idle, I get the shitty ones. Weeeeeird.

EDIT: I found out if the glxgears window is covered, I get the FPS increase, not if I'm doing something else. Once again... weeeeird

Last edited by GT_Onizuka; 02-15-2004 at 12:24 PM.
 
Old 02-15-2004, 12:33 PM   #11
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Quote:
Originally posted by sirdilznik
download the nvidia driver form their website, then run it. Afterwards change one line in your XF86Config with a text editor (I use pico myself). Under your Video Card settings change to driver = "nvidia". That's all there is to it unless you are running the 2.6.x kernel in which case the 5328 driver doesn't install correctly. In this case either download an older driver (like 4496) or get the corrected driver. I wish I could give you a link to the corrected driver, buy I don't remember it offhand . If you are running a 2.4.x kernel then the driver on the nvidia website should work fine.


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NVIDIA GeForce Fx 5200
Soundblaster Audigy 2
Slackware 9.1
Kernel 2.6.2
link http://www.minion.de has patched nvidia drivers for 2.6
 
Old 02-15-2004, 12:35 PM   #12
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Quote:
Originally posted by jeffxor
Yes I am having the same problem after finally get the Nvidia drivers installed. When I used the latest package installation the drivers were not getting loaded so I went back to 4349.tar.gz version and everything went fine.

However I am now only get slow FPS
Code:
7361 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1472.200 FPS
8472 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1694.400 FPS
8420 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1684.000 FPS
8341 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1668.200 FPS
8297 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1659.400 FPS
8366 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1673.200 FPS
Is there any chance that the slow FPS is because I am using older drivers. If so is there anything I can do as installing from the pakages doesn't seem to wotk for me at all?
From what i have seen.. nvidia cards dont respond well to glxgears like ATI cards do.. I had a Radeon 9700pro I got about 4kfps with glxgears... but i switched to an older geforce2, and all the games i played played just as well. I get just under a 1000 fps with the geforece and glxgears.
 
  


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