Re: [Dri-users] same frame rate with and without dri

[Micha F. <mi...@po...>]

On Mon, 2003-10-27 at 23:37, Felix Kühling wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:54:10 +0200
> Micha Feigin <mi...@po...> wrote:
> 
> > I just installed dri due to some stability problems I am trying to track
> > down with my computer.
> > I reinstalled the standard dri xserver from X 4.3 (xlibmesa-dri under
> > debian) instead of the dri driver from cvs, and the kernel module is not
> > loaded.
> > I tried glxinfo and it expectedly reports no dri.
> > glxgears gives me ~290 fps which was the same as with the dri X+kernel
> > modules when glxinfo reported glx working.
> > The card is mach64 (ati rage mobility m3) under debian unstable.
> > Any ideas why this is?
> 
> The Mach64 is a pretty low-end 3d accelerator and glxgears is not a good
> benchmark. You'll see a big difference if you run more demanding screen
> savers or games. For games you'll probably need to use a rather low
> resolution (something like 640x480 or lower) to get playable frame
> rates.
> 

I'm not using it that much for games actually. It is able to run
tuxracer, armagetron, q2 and q3a quite nicely (on quake I needed to go
easy on the effects and quality I admit, but under windows it doesn't
even load ;-)

> > 
> > -- 
> > Micha Feigin
> > mi...@ma...
> 
> Regards,
>   Felix
> 
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