Choppy performance from a NVidia FX 5500

[Hubmasterflex]

I have a Geforce NVidia FX 5500 PCI 128MB video card and am currently running SuSe 10.0. I have a 2.6 GhZ Pentium 4 system with 512 MB of RAM. My video performance becomes extremely choppy when I run Starcraft, and it becomes moderatly choppy when scrolling down a web page that has flash based ads. When I run glxgears, it doesnt run smooth. Any suggestions?

[Hubmasterflex]

Here is my Xorg.conf:

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "freetype"
Load "v4l"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
DisplaySize 320 240
HorizSync 28-70
Identifier "Monitor[0]"
ModelName "76DF77DF"
Option "DPMS"
VendorName "SAMTRON"
VertRefresh 50-160
UseModes "Modes[0]"
EndSection

Section "Modes"
Identifier "Modes[0]"
Modeline "1280x1024" 105.15 1280 1296 1432 1648 1024 1025 1028 1059
Modeline "1280x960" 116.18 1280 1360 1496 1712 960 961 964 998
Modeline "1280x960" 97.68 1280 1352 1488 1696 960 961 964 993
Modeline "1280x800" 111.77 1280 1360 1496 1712 800 801 804 837
Modeline "1280x800" 95.95 1280 1352 1488 1696 800 801 804 832
Modeline "1280x800" 80.58 1280 1344 1480 1680 800 801 804 827
Modeline "1152x864" 93.90 1152 1224 1344 1536 864 865 868 899
Modeline "1152x864" 78.82 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 894
Modeline "1280x768" 107.23 1280 1360 1496 1712 768 769 772 803
Modeline "1280x768" 92.15 1280 1352 1488 1696 768 769 772 799
Modeline "1280x768" 77.37 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 794
Modeline "1024x768" 86.18 1024 1088 1200 1376 768 769 772 803
Modeline "1024x768" 73.89 1024 1080 1192 1360 768 769 772 799
Modeline "1024x768" 61.89 1024 1080 1184 1344 768 769 772 794
Modeline "800x600" 73.98 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 639
Modeline "800x600" 66.71 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 635
Modeline "800x600" 58.73 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 632
Modeline "800x600" 51.73 800 840 928 1056 600 601 604 628
Modeline "800x600" 44.13 800 840 920 1040 600 601 604 624
Modeline "800x600" 36.88 800 832 912 1024 600 601 604 621
Modeline "768x576" 67.79 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 613
Modeline "768x576" 61.21 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 610
Modeline "768x576" 53.75 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 606
Modeline "768x576" 47.41 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 603
Modeline "768x576" 40.41 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 599
Modeline "768x576" 33.74 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 596
Modeline "640x480" 57.18 640 680 752 864 480 481 484 517
Modeline "640x480" 51.43 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 514
Modeline "640x480" 46.80 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 511
Modeline "640x480" 42.22 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 508
Modeline "640x480" 36.97 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 505
Modeline "640x480" 32.64 640 672 736 832 480 481 484 503
Modeline "640x480" 27.74 640 664 728 816 480 481 484 500
Modeline "640x480" 23.06 640 656 720 800 480 481 484 497
EndSection

Section "Screen"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "768x576" "640x480"
EndSubSection
Device "Device[0]"
Identifier "Screen[0]"
Monitor "Monitor[0]"
EndSection

Section "Device"
BoardName "GeForce FX 5500"
BusID "1:10:0"
Driver "nvidia"
Identifier "Device[0]"
Option "NvAGP" "3"
Option "NoBandWidthTest" "false"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Screen 0
VendorName "NVidia"
EndSection

[Hubmasterflex]

Also, when I run GLXGears, I get anywhere from 1500 FPS on up to a max of 3000 FPS.

[whig]

Run glxinfo - you want to see direct rendering in there and no SGI/Mesa vendor servers or clients.

[arokh]

glxgears isn't a benchmark, but the numbers look normal. You won't get >1000 without DRI. You are aware that your card is a crappy one, right?

[Hubmasterflex]

I am aware that my card is a cheap card, but my graphics run much smoother in Windows than on Linux. In Windows, there's no hint that the card is reaching its limit while in Linux its a different story. I want to make it so that my card runs just as good on Linux as on Windows.

[Hubmasterflex]

Any suggestions anybody?