On Sun, 29 Jul 2012 19:27:08 +0200 thomasg <[email protected]> said:
> On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Wido <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks. I've recently bought a new GeForce GTX 550 Ti card. I used to > > have a 9800GT but it broke, so I've been using or a month or so the onboard > > ATI HD3200. And I've been recompiling E during all this time. > > > > > > What I'm noticing is that when I had the 9800GT I had a really good GL > > performance, but with this new card I don't. I've installed the latest > > drivers, recompiled evas, ecore edje and e, but the performance is really > > poor (specially when launching expose or scale).I also checked for my xorg > > options, COMPOSITE, GLX, RENDER are enabled. Cool Raster's options > > (TripleBuffer, UseEvents, Coolbits, OnDemandVBlankInterrupts) are enabled > > as well. > > > > Something else I've noticed, in the composite settings, Engine tab, I have > > 'software' selected. If I choose 'OpenGL' the whole desktop crashes and I > > have to reselect all the modules again (Actually, I remove module.comp.* > > inside E conf dir) > > > > Well, if the software engine is in use, the graphics card has almost > nothing to do with it, composite performance can only be medicore > then. > > There are 2 explainations why the GL engine wouldn't work: > a) your drivers/X are misconfigured and GL doesn't work at all > b) you have GL options enabled in E which your card does not support what i don't get is the "i bought a 550 but am using onboard ati" eh? you have an nvidia gtx550 but are using the ati junk? stop that! use the nvidia you just bought! my advice - never touch anything from ati - ever. hands-down worst drivers ever. if anything use the open source ones, but never touch fglrx unless you are just stark raving mad. :) been there. done that. i've been cured from my insanity. :) > for [a], you can just check if GL works by running a GL applications, > e.g. glxgears, and checking the output of glxinfo (especially if > Direct Rendering is active) > for [b], the most likely candidate would be the option "Indirect > Rendering", you should turn it off, as it mostly does not work. Other > than that, just try enabling/disabling any option. > Resetting to default composite config might also work. > > > > > > > -- > > > > -- > > Wido > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
