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 ) id 1PAWi2-0004RN-2X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:44:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DFB4AE0963; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:42:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gy0-f181.google.com (mail-gy0-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC359E0963 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:42:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gye5 with SMTP id 5so4274315gye.40 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:42:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PJyQ5YDXt5W7RLHqzp867N+O+xQSC6PmYQjRAJKy88A=; b=nzB/A/WG8RAs+EhHQXmjLYUyHQLP/7Xyg1QezjFSkUMfTxMqFWenIvGBgKRPKq1+nP fmmLsVk8GBs5GvFMj9vgGl56xqf0hNT/kdThU0A7t6Cnwhlh/wkFgWtjbXXo06XJGoME GJZgesMnKFwAisLHFhqiacSPS60nMy/HWSFUg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=ngHYcW+gDA3jNWmwcUyaac0OfzQYx3yBC1oz4rUeUzd5S+mNc/4GmM6RWeu9N8FeNV gtFz3umUW+8xjsm4039SCquh8D0gulSDVcwkSosjL8x0ac6kjZnayOzj6cUo5vJ0zZ2h 1s4fHA33Tiwe9ZGwJk//9l0Np5AE6lP217Kho= Received: by 10.151.149.18 with SMTP id b18mr4614049ybo.197.1288050176308; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:42:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (adsl-0-94-212.jan.bellsouth.net [65.0.94.212]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z4sm4296279yhz.1.2010.10.25.16.42.53 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:42:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4CC615FC.1040603@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:42:52 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.14) Gecko/20101020 Gentoo/2.0.9 SeaMonkey/2.0.9 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gentoo User Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB References: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ef0bd16c-3ff4-48f1-a791-8c994abfca9a X-Archives-Hash: dd162869c92bf017fc3d3de83931e360 Dale wrote: > Hi, > > I am thinking of upgrading from a FX-5200 with 128Mb video card to a > GeForce 6200 with 512MB. It will be AGP since this is a older rig. > My system is something like this: > > Mobo: Abit NF7 2.0 > CPU: AMD 2500+ No overclocking > Memory: 2Gbs of 333Mhz. > Monitor: Gateway 19" running 1280 x 1024 > > I think my memory is fine, it never uses all of it, or even half of > it, except for caching stuff. I may try to get a 3000+ or 3200+ CPU > if I can run up on a good deal. I'm thinking of doing the video card > first because it is cheaper. I have also noticed that playing movies > on here is getting a bit slow if I go full screen or close to full > screen. I'm bad to download from youtube and then play them locally > full screen or as close as it will allow. > > I do use the nvidia drivers. Currently: > > nvidia-drivers-173.14.25 > > I'm on that one because I think I need to upgrade my kernel to use the > latest one that was recently put in the tree. I'm looking at this card: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133328 > > What kind of improvement can I expect from this video card upgrade? > While I am at it, the CPU upgrade won't make that much difference > right? Maybe 20% or so faster or something like that? > > Thoughts? Opinions? > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > OK. I been thinking on this. I decided to run glxgears to see what sort of frame rates I get. I used to get about 30 or so. I know this isn't the best test in the world but I should get something to compare to at least. This is what I get: 16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.148 FPS 16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.165 FPS 15 frames in 5.3 seconds = 2.811 FPS 16 frames in 5.2 seconds = 3.075 FPS 16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.130 FPS 16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.159 FPS 16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.167 FPS 16 frames in 5.1 seconds = 3.154 FPS 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 :-) :-)