I’ve been working on some opengl apps in SDL and it all seamed to work
just fine until I started checking the FPS, and got a minor shock, it was
way to low.
So I checked the extensions and got a tip to run Nehe Lesson 25 and to my
suprise it says that I’m using Mesa X11 ( it should say Nvidia if I’m not
completely wrong).
The FPS on lesson 25 is lousy 11fps on a T-Bird 1.1GHz and GTS 32Mb.
Just to check I tried the non sdl version of lesson 25 and got Nvidia
Driver and a couple more extensions.
I’ve been working on some opengl apps in SDL and it all seamed to work
just fine until I started checking the FPS, and got a minor shock, it was
way to low.
So I checked the extensions and got a tip to run Nehe Lesson 25 and to my
suprise it says that I’m using Mesa X11 ( it should say Nvidia if I’m not
completely wrong).
That means you have an old lib floating around somewhere. nvidia likes to
install their crappy drivers in /usr/lib, so if you have any in
/usr/X11R6/lib, they’re probably incorrect.
nehe is probably a bad place to start for a fairly long list of reasons,
I’d suggest getting the redbook (isbn 0201604582). If ya don’t want to
shell out $45 for a new one or $25 for a used one, there’s an older version
(revision 2) in pdf format at http://www.gamedev.net/download/redbook.pdf
The FPS on lesson 25 is lousy 11fps on a T-Bird 1.1GHz and GTS 32Mb.
Just to check I tried the non sdl version of lesson 25 and got Nvidia
Driver and a couple more extensions.
Have I installed SDL or the GL libs wrongly ?
sdl may be linked against the /usr/X11R6/lib libs, where the other app is
linked against the /usr/lib/ libs, that’d be my hunch
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In article <mailman.996418925.8697.sdl at libsdl.org>, “Fredrik Johnsson”
wrote:
HI!
I’ve been working on some opengl apps in SDL and it all seamed to work
just fine until I started checking the FPS, and got a minor shock, it
was way to low.
So I checked the extensions and got a tip to run Nehe Lesson 25 and to
my suprise it says that I’m using Mesa X11 ( it should say Nvidia if I’m
not completely wrong).
The FPS on lesson 25 is lousy 11fps on a T-Bird 1.1GHz and GTS 32Mb.
Just to check I tried the non sdl version of lesson 25 and got Nvidia
Driver and a couple more extensions.
Have I installed SDL or the GL libs wrongly ?
SDL is not the problem.
I had the same problems with OPENGL my self in the beginning. The short
answer to your problem is to remove EVERYTHING that has to do with mesa.
