Everytime i try to play 3d games on my Linux systems games(every opengl game) run with very bad framerates. How can i play 3d games with smooth framerates.

Edited July 18, 200619 yr by karka

Dualboot?

If you have an ATi card you're screwed. If you have an Nvidia card you're better off -- but there are probably better forums to ask this question.

As LostStraw said, if you have an ATi card, there unfortunately isn't much you can do. Otherwise,

- Head over to nVidia's website and download the latest driver release for Linux.

- Switch to root, and run the installer. It is usually a very quick process.

- During the installation, the script might complain that it could not find a matching kernel module. It will ask you whether you want to try and download it from nVidia's website, or compile it locally. Choose the Local Compile option (it will never find a match on the website).

- In most cases, you should be done. Reboot your system and the NV drivers should load up. If it fails, you may need to modify your X configuration. Post here if that happens, and we can take it from there.

Dualboot?

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Actually, i tried it on both Linux-only systems and Dualboot systems.

 

If you have an ATi card you're screwed.  If you have an Nvidia card you're better off -- but there are probably better forums to ask this question.

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Then my problem is obvious. I have an ATi card.

You can try installing the drivers from ATi's website> here

 

Instalation instructions> here

 

Some bench marks comparing the windows drivers to linux ones> here

 

--good luck

Hey, I didn't know ATi had accelerated drivers for Linux these days. This is good news. Performance seems to be about 50% that of Windows, but hey, it's a start. I long for the day when I'll actually have a choice in GPU manufacturers...

Well, the latest ATi drivers are optimised for OpenGL, so it's just a matter of some weirdo Finnish person like Torvalds translating it to Linux ...