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

[Benjamin D. <be...@fi...>]

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,

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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,
>