slow Nvidia graphics

[martypants]

I'm getting slow graphics on my nVidia system and I can't figure out why. I'm getting these numbers from

$> glxgears
4476 frames in 5.0 seconds = 895.030 FPS
4408 frames in 5.0 seconds = 881.434 FPS
4651 frames in 5.0 seconds = 930.001 FPS
5761 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1152.103 FPS
7254 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1450.671 FPS
7244 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1448.692 FPS
7692 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1538.254 FPS
7574 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1514.779 FPS

My system has given me good performance in the past, but I couldn't say which update(s) may have done it as I've just been running 'yum update' the last month or so. I have a nVidia 7600 GS. I get no 'WW" or "EE" from the Xorg.0.log and /var/log/messages and dmesg show no errors or warnings either. System loads show nothing
more than a few % here and there.

I'm running the latest bits:
kernel-2.6.24.3-34
nvidia-kmod-169.12-3.lvn8 nvidia kernel modules built for kernel 2.6.24.3-34.fc8

Could my xorg.conf file be somehow off the end? Check for sanity, please?

################################################## #
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
# Xorg configuration created by livna-config-display

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/nvidia"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us+inet"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024"
HorizSync 31.5 - 64.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection


Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "metamodes" "1280x1024_75 +0+0; 800x600_75 +0+0; 800x600 +0+ 0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AIGLX" "on"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

##############################################

Thanks for any guidance you can provide,

Marty

[leadgolem]

Are you running any kind of compositing engine? IE: compiz, compiz-fusion, berl.

[Hlingler]

glxgears is NOT a benchmark tool, just a crude test of DRI. The fluxuation in your FPS indicate that the system is under load from another source.

V

[martypants]

Originally Posted by Hlingler

glxgears is NOT a benchmark tool, just a crude test of DRI. The fluxuation in your FPS indicate that the system is under load from another source.

V

I understand that - I posted the output just to show the fluc not having anything else to show, other
than 'my systems sucks" when I play games.

[martypants]

I had the compiz desktop effects running. I shut those down and things run much better.
Funny they didn't show up as producing a load on the system anywhere else, just slowing
down graphics terribly.

Thanks for the tip!

[Hlingler]

The desktop effects are loading down the GPU, which is not monitored, not the CPU....

V

'Read This First' is not for general posting. Moved to 'General Support'

Wayne