karka Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) 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, 2006 by karka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Dualboot? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostStraw Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karka Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Dualboot? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Then my problem is obvious. I have an ATi card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostStraw Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 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 ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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