From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-115938-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1PAYww-0007v9-9Z for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:07:42 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14AC4E089A; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:06:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail2.pcorp.com.au (mail2.pcorp.com.au [150.101.72.19]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94EF0E089A for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:06:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.pcorp.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A8761075196 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:36:52 +0930 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail2.pcorp.com.au Received: from mail2.pcorp.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail2.pcorp.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bjGz-1Uj7YJv; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:36:51 +0930 (CST) Received: from [172.16.0.52] (unknown [172.16.0.52]) by mail2.pcorp.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DA0571075194 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:36:51 +0930 (CST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4CC615FC.1040603@gmail.com> References: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> <4CC615FC.1040603@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:34:58 +0930 Message-ID: <1288058698.8318.32.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.30.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 69f3c79d-fb44-40a8-ae47-edb3ce63d143 X-Archives-Hash: 0234292ec5988563977dc4113b3717ea On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 18:42 -0500, Dale wrote: > So, same card as a year or so ago and same everything else but now I get > only about 1/10th the frame rate. What gives? Is this a driver issue? > I'm going to take the side off and blow out the case in a bit and test > again. I'm open to ideas in the meantime tho. I may not need a > upgrade, I may just need to fix what I got. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > I'm having issues with the latest mix of nvidia-drivers, xorg, and whatever else it might be! I'm getting bad performance when switching virtual dekstops and moving windows and such. GL screensavers seem to be ok though. Someone posted recently about an upgrade that affected him (looking... can't find it). He downgraded to fix it, but it wasn't nvidia or x from memory. Sorry for being vague, I'll keep looking. -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> When an episode of Walker Texas Ranger was aired in France, the French surrendered to Chuck Norris just to be on the safe side.