nVidia Graphics Driver Tweaks

[cdahmedeh]

Hello,

I have a Dell XPS m1530 with a nVidia 8600m GT. I have been enjoying Linux for almost two weeks now, but I would like to increase my performance in some 3d games. I have installed the restricted drivers version 177. I've noticed that when I enable anti-aliasing, frame-rate drops considerably. This was not a problem in Windows, as increase anti-aliasing made the picture cleaner and did not affect the frame-rate. However, in Linux the framerate drops quite a bit. Are there any tweaks to fix such a problem ? What other tweaks are available to get the most out of my video card in Linux ?

Thanks

[Vadi]

Maybe you had vsync enabled in windows?

Anti-aliasing always drops FPS, it's quite an expensive thing to do. I have the same card btw.

[eragon100]

Maybe you had vsync enabled in windows?

Anti-aliasing always drops FPS, it's quite an expensive thing to do. I have the same card btw.

AA always costs performance, as stated above. However, in nexuiz on my 512 MB 8600 GT, I can easily enable HDR lightning, 16 x AA, and 16 x Ani. filtering, and all other effects on maximum and still get 50 to 80 fps at resolution 1680x1050. In other words, shouldn't be a problem.

What's the rest of your specs?

[cdahmedeh]

Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 2.2 GHz 4MB
3GB of DDR2 RAM
8600m GT DDR3 with 256MB Dedicated
1680x1050 15.4 Display...
The performance hit seems to be most problematic in Wine. In Linux Applications, its not a problem.... So my question should be really, are there any tweaks for Wine, specifically DirectX 8 tweaks?

[Vadi]

Yeah, lots, but it would get more attention if it was in the wine forum then. I've asked for a mod to move this