HOWTO:Optimizing Nvidia 3D driver
Before you start open a terminal a type glxgears. Write down your fps.
* Open a Terminal.
* Check the status of the nvidia driver. Type: cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
* Sample Output:
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 4x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Disabled
* To enable 'Fast Writes' and 'SBA' you can try this.
* Open a Run Button.
* Type: sudo gedit /etc/modutils/nvidia-kernel-nkc
* Add this to the end of the file and save: options nvidia NVreg_EnableAGPSBA=1 NVreg_EnableAGPFW=1 NVreg_ReqAGPRate=8
* Modify the above settings for your system.
* Open a Terminal.
* Type: sudo update-modules
* Reboot or unload/load the Nvidia driver and restart X.
* Sometimes you have to add 'agpgart' and 'via-agp' at the end of /etc/hotplug/blacklist
Check youre fps now, any improvments ?
Last edited by kuleali; June 7th, 2005 at 09:32 PM.
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