Subj : Re: Latest nVidia drivers
To   : alt.os.linux,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux
From : Nightfang
Date : Thu Aug 12 2004 11:39 pm

The GeForce FX5200 is the basic model in the nVidia GeForce 5 series, that
is alright as far as money is concerned but not for other things. The 5200
is
actually based on the GeForce 2MX so your GeForce 4 is bound to get more
even if that is a basic card as well.

 Harry Phillips wrote:
>  I just downloaded and installed the latest nVidia drivers (6106) for
Linux.
>
>  I have done so on two machines, both are running Mandrake 10.0 Official
>  with all the latest updates. I thought I would check out how they both
>  went. So I ran glxgears on both, the results surprised me.
>
>  The GeForce 4 MX440 (128M RAM) is getting a score of ~1,700fps
>  The FX5200 (128M of RAM) is only getting a score of ~1,000fps.
>
>  I thought the scores would really be the other way around. Does anyone
>  know what could be causing the FX5200 to be running slower than the GF4?
>  Or have some suggestions on how to make both go faster?
>
>  PS. Please don't post a "ha ha, I get 120,000fps on *my* card" response,
>  I really don't care and it doesn't help anyone. Sure, include your boast
>  along with your suggestion but no boast only posts please.

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