On 6/14/06, Trond Danielsen <trond.danielsen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 6/14/06, Chris Jones <jonesc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> > > 3368 frames in 5.0 seconds = 673.481 FPS > > 3367 frames in 5.0 seconds = 673.284 FPS > > 3799 frames in 5.0 seconds = 759.770 FPS > > I think thats your problem, those figures aren't so hot. > > For comparison, my laptop (now 2.5 years old) has a nvidia geforce > fx5650, and with the binary nvidia driver I get around 2500 FPS. For new > cards I have seen much bigger numbers quoted (4k-5k and above). > It also could be the driver you are using doesn't implement some needed > by google earth ? I know the video card isn't the fastest one in the world, but Google Earth runs ok in windows.
glxgears is a horrible benchmark. Its performance is impacted by a large number of factors outside of the videocard/GPU you're using, including CPU speed, available RAM, kernel version, disk IO. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
