Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] No OpenGL hardware accelleration on Win2k box - am I missing something?

[Rene D. <il...@ya...>]

Benjamin Deutsch wrote:
Hey,

what driver do you have installed?  Sounds like a software version is 
being used.

glInfo is good for getting that info.  You can find a copy here:
http://delphi3d.net/hardware/index.php


> Hello,
>
> I'm currently experimenting with python, pygame and pyopengl on two 
> computers (I just love portable programming !-):
>
> 1) One Linux box, Debian unstable, 700 MHz Duron, nVidia GeForce 2 MX, 
> 256 MB Ram, and
> 2) One Win2k box, 2.0 GHz Pentium 4, nVidia Geforce 4, 512 MB Ram
>
> The thing is, all my test programs, and all NeHe demos, run about 8-10 
> times SLOWER on the Win2k box than on the Linux box in terms of fps! 
> This applies to several versions of the NeHe Demos, and happens even 
> when I chose HWSURFACE and FULLSCREEN (for pygame.display.set_mode).
>
> I'm assuming I missed a step somewhere that enables hardware 
> acceleration under Win2k? I haven't been able to find any mention of 
> this in the documentation, or in Google. If it's not a well-known 
> and/or newbie issue, I'll be happy to provide any additional information.
>
> By the way, under Win2k I'm using python 2.2.3, PyOpenGL 2.0.0.44, and 
> pygame 1.5.5, though I assume it's not a pygame issue, since the 
> PyOpenGL/GLUT NeHe Demos show the same behaviour without pygame.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>