fglrx low fps

[metalmodman]

I read that people get atleast 400 fps on glxgears im only getting 100 is that right? Im using the latest fglrx drivers from debian.org



radeon 9200se 128 meg agp sempron 2400+ 500 meg of ram Debian test version

[Zelmo]

When you say you're using the fglrx drivers from debian.org, do you mean you installed the fglrx-driver and fglrx-kernel-src packages, and compiled a kernel module? If so, then is the module loaded?

If the module is built and loaded, then there could be problems with the xorg.conf file, such as missing entries in the modules section, bad or missing dri settings, the wrong setting for agpgart, or the wrong driver listed in the device section.

[bigtomrodney]

The fglrx driver has traditionally been a terrible drvier, with the open source drivers performing better often. Do you know which version of the driver you are using? If you don't mind installing manually I would look into installing the driver provided on the ATI site version 8.26.18 (or newer if available). This driver is far superior to the earlier ones.

I saw an 8500 go from 150fps to 10500fps this week...

[bond256]

I just installed ATI-fglrx version 8.29.6 on my laptop (AMD64T 1.8GHz, 1GB mem, Radeon
Mobility x700). The distro is Fedora Core 5. With glxgears I get 500 fps with maximized window in 1280x800.

Can anyone tell me if it's good or bad? I have no idea about the performance I should
expect from x700 ....

[antidrugue]

With glxgears I get 500 fps with maximized window in 1280x800.

Looks ok to me. Those numbers are about the ones you should have with that card. If you feel X (your desktop) is responsive, then that's all that matters.

Last thing you can test :

glxinfo | grep direct

And

glxinfo | grep -i opengl

should output something about the ATI driver.