Nvidia installer. But I have a vanilla kernel too so it may be because of that.Originally Posted by tseliot
Nvidia installer. But I have a vanilla kernel too so it may be because of that.Originally Posted by tseliot
I haven't tried it with a vanilla kernel yet.Originally Posted by Rizado
Can anyone with a vanilla kernel confirm this problem?
Hi,
I tried it but I don't get much more fps. Before I had around 1275 fps. With fast writes enabled I get 1282 fps.
I used the Nvidia installer with my GForce 5600 FX
I have the 2.6.12-10-686 kernel
I did not have nvidia-kernel-nkc so I took the advice of Rizado and added "nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1" to /etc/modules
I gained 200 fps according to glxgears
Thanx to you all.
I hope that helps someone...
Edit -- I just checked and I still have Fast Writes disabled ... hmmm
mark@HB-Linux:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Enabled
Any ideas? Abit IS-7 mobo / Nvidia GeForce 5600FX vid card
Last edited by mcwtlg; March 10th, 2006 at 01:51 PM.
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Ok I'll add it to the guide.Originally Posted by mcwtlg
Thanks Rizado and mcwtlg
EDIT: DONE!
Last edited by tseliot; March 10th, 2006 at 11:48 AM.
It did not worked for me with /etc/modules, so after reading an article in Gentoo Wiki i just created /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia file and added there:
which gives me this:Code:alias char-major-195 nvidia options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1
Code:cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status Status: Enabled Driver: AGPGART AGP Rate: 4x Fast Writes: Enabled SBA: Enabled
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Very interesting! Thanks for reporting, I'll add it to the guide.Originally Posted by z-vet
EDIT: You mean the "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia-kernel-nkc" file, don't you?
No, i mean /etc/modprobe.d/nvidiaOriginally Posted by tseliot
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It's weird adding the line to modules doesn't work, maybe agpgart has to be loaded first.
Creating /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia is probably better because that will enable fastwrites everytime nvidia is loaded, adding the line in modules will only enable it when loaded at boot time. Also I have noticed that adding nvidia to modules make x start faster. Or atleast there's no corrupted screen just before kdm/gdm starts (The ugly grey and black screen)
That worked...thanx z-vet
I did not have nvidia-kernel-nkc. First I took the advice of Rizado and added "nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1" to /etc/modules, but that did not work (fast writes were still disabled).
I then took z-vet's advice and created /etc/modprobe.d/nvidia and put:
alias char-major-195 nvidia
options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1
into that file, saved it and rebooted.
Now I get:
mark@HB-Linux:~$ cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 8x
Fast Writes: Enabled
SBA: Enabled
12039 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2406.168 FPS
11974 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2394.695 FPS
11786 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2350.184 FPS
11951 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2390.186 FPS
11822 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2364.329 FPS
11781 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2353.736 FPS
11794 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2358.772 FPS
Which is a total of about 250 fps faster in glxgears. Overall I am happy! Thanx to EVERYONE for their imput!
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