Poor Performance Geforce 7900GS Go Under Ubuntu.

sluzi26 · 01-10-07, 09:31 AM

I've got the latest drivers installed and configured properly and I still get acceleration, the problem is I get horrible performance.

For example in WoW/City of Villains via Cedega I take about a 70-100 FPS Hit. WoW is flat out unplayable when there is pvp combat on screen, the game hardlocks.

GLXGears -printfps returns around 10k-11k.

I have to boot with acpi=off noapic and pci=biosirq, ACPI has to be off because for whatever reason A) My sound doesn't work with it on and B) If it's on the fan on my video card doesn't spin at all.

And I can't get X to load if I don't have noapic and pci=biosirq on.

So, I'm at your mercy. I want to make linux my primary OS but this is getting harder and harder to deal with. Thanks.

My system is a Toshiba p105-s9722 with the Intel GMA945 chipset.

Edit: Correction. After trying to do glxinfo for this post my X rebooted itself and now my 3D card can't be used at all. I'm currently using the default nv driver instead of the nvidia drivers I had installed. When I reinstalled the drivers X gave me an input/output error on the card. For Reference, I use everything on Windows fine.

netllama · 01-10-07, 01:05 PM

There are currently at least two other active threads on this forum discussing solutions to performance problems. I'd suggest reviewing them, as well as the sticky posts, and then coming back here once you've tried all of the suggestions.

Thanks,
Lonni

sluzi26 · 01-10-07, 03:51 PM

I managed to fix the problem of not being able to even boot using my nvidia drivers by uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling the kernel restricted modules.

My glxinfo with GLXGears FPS output, lspci and cat /proc/cpuinfo is as follows:

name of display: :0.0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer,
GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info,
GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float,
GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
GLX version: 1.3
GLX extensions:
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig,
GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer,
GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce Go 7900 GS/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.46
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_color_buffer_float, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers,
GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow,
GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_imaging,
GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query,
GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite,
GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression,
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add,
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_float,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two,
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader,
GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_float,
GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate,
GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements,
GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters,
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil,
GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object, GL_EXT_point_parameters,
GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture3D,
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map,
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic,
GL_EXT_texture_lod, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_timer_query,
GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square,
GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_fence,
GL_NV_float_buffer, GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_fragment_program,
GL_NV_fragment_program_option, GL_NV_fragment_program2,
GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage, GL_NV_half_float,
GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint,
GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, GL_NV_pixel_data_range,
GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_register_combiners,
GL_NV_register_combiners2, GL_NV_texgen_reflection,
GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4,
GL_NV_texture_expand_normal, GL_NV_texture_rectangle,
GL_NV_texture_shader, GL_NV_texture_shader2, GL_NV_texture_shader3,
GL_NV_vertex_array_range, GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, GL_NV_vertex_program,
GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_NV_vertex_program2,
GL_NV_vertex_program2_option, GL_NV_vertex_program3,
GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_lod,
GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow, GL_SUN_slice_accum
glu version: 1.3
glu extensions:
GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess

visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
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nerfbat@nerfbat-laptop:~$ glxgears -printfps
59845 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11968.843 FPS
59196 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11839.020 FPS
59661 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11932.182 FPS
59426 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11885.053 FPS
59081 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11816.101 FPS
58836 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11767.083 FPS
X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).

nerfbat@nerfbat-laptop:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 03)
0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0298 (rev a1)
0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
0000:03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)0000:0a:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8039
0000:0a:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803a
0000:0a:04.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803b
0000:0a:04.3 0805: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803c

processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 2007.014
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 1
core id : 255
cpu cores : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 4021.81

processor : 1
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 15
model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz
stepping : 6
cpu MHz : 2007.014
cache size : 4096 KB
physical id : 1
siblings : 1
core id : 255
cpu cores : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 4013.54

I have tried booting with pci=noacpi and it had no effect whatsoever. I would like to reiterate that I run everything in Windows beautifully, so this is not a hardware related issue. For example, I take around a 70 FPS hit just by running WoW in Wine or Cedega.

sluzi26 · 01-11-07, 09:42 AM

None of you have any clues? I've tried half a dozen different Distro's and the end result is always the same.

There is something here not right.

Lithorus · 01-11-07, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sluzi26

None of you have any clues? I've tried half a dozen different Distro's and the end result is always the same.

There is something here not right.

You should first try and provide nvidia bugreport. It has alot of diagnostic info.

cthulhu · 01-15-07, 02:04 AM

Do you run WoW in openGL mode under wine? (wine WoW.exe -opengl)

DirectX is for winblows and developed by M$ and should therefore be avoided at all costs.

I don't know what kind of FPS I would get in winblows and I am more than reluctant to install that bug-ridden virus magnet again, but I don't have any performance issues with WoW with wine (40-50 fps in IF and SW and usually around 60-80 outdoors with a C2D E6600 and 7950GT).

With your hardware you should get at least half of that and probably closer 75% of that.

sluzi26 · 02-16-07, 10:16 PM

Still having problems.

Aeolian · 02-17-07, 05:08 PM

I moved this message to a new thread....

Poor performance is also that this card does not support Xgl.

Looking at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Vide...L#nVidia_Cards it seems that this one is almost the only one not supporting it. I am an unlucky one that bought Dell 9600 and with this card!

I tried to activate 3d in OpenSUSE that now finally support this really good and usefull Cube effect.

Why this? Or is there a solution?
(I installed the latest drivers today from the NVidia site...)

01-15-07, 02:04 AM	#6
cthulhu Great Old One Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 124	Re: Poor Performance Geforce 7900GS Go Under Ubuntu. Do you run WoW in openGL mode under wine? (wine WoW.exe -opengl) DirectX is for winblows and developed by M$ and should therefore be avoided at all costs. I don't know what kind of FPS I would get in winblows and I am more than reluctant to install that bug-ridden virus magnet again, but I don't have any performance issues with WoW with wine (40-50 fps in IF and SW and usually around 60-80 outdoors with a C2D E6600 and 7950GT). With your hardware you should get at least half of that and probably closer 75% of that. __________________ Desktop: Asus P5B Deluxe, Core2Duo E8500, 2GB Corsair 800MHz CL4, Gigabyte GTX460 1024MB HTPC: Asus P5B-E, Core2Duo 6300, 1GB Corsair 533MHz, Asus 9500GT w/ 512MB DDR3 Server: Gigabyte D510UD, Atom D510, 2GB Corsair 800MHz, Hauppauge NOVA-T500 dual DVB-T tuner, 4x 2TB Samsung F3EG (RAID5) Laptop: Asus U6V, Core2Duo P8400, 3GB DDR2, 9300M GS OS on all: Gentoo Linux Bought a computer bundled with windows? Don't want to use windows? Demand a refund!

02-16-07, 10:16 PM	#7
sluzi26 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4	Re: Poor Performance Geforce 7900GS Go Under Ubuntu. Still having problems.

02-17-07, 05:08 PM	#8
Aeolian Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2	Re: Poor Performance Geforce 7900GS Go Under Ubuntu. I moved this message to a new thread.... Poor performance is also that this card does not support Xgl. Looking at http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Vide...L#nVidia_Cards it seems that this one is almost the only one not supporting it. I am an unlucky one that bought Dell 9600 and with this card! I tried to activate 3d in OpenSUSE that now finally support this really good and usefull Cube effect. Why this? Or is there a solution? (I installed the latest drivers today from the NVidia site...)

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01-10-07, 09:31 AM	#1
sluzi26 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4	Poor Performance Geforce 7900GS Go Under Ubuntu. I've got the latest drivers installed and configured properly and I still get acceleration, the problem is I get horrible performance. For example in WoW/City of Villains via Cedega I take about a 70-100 FPS Hit. WoW is flat out unplayable when there is pvp combat on screen, the game hardlocks. GLXGears -printfps returns around 10k-11k. I have to boot with acpi=off noapic and pci=biosirq, ACPI has to be off because for whatever reason A) My sound doesn't work with it on and B) If it's on the fan on my video card doesn't spin at all. And I can't get X to load if I don't have noapic and pci=biosirq on. So, I'm at your mercy. I want to make linux my primary OS but this is getting harder and harder to deal with. Thanks. My system is a Toshiba p105-s9722 with the Intel GMA945 chipset. Edit: Correction. After trying to do glxinfo for this post my X rebooted itself and now my 3D card can't be used at all. I'm currently using the default nv driver instead of the nvidia drivers I had installed. When I reinstalled the drivers X gave me an input/output error on the card. For Reference, I use everything on Windows fine. Last edited by sluzi26; 01-10-07 at 09:50 AM.

01-10-07, 01:05 PM	#2
netllama NVIDIA Corporation Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 8,763	Re: Poor Performance Geforce 7900GS Go Under Ubuntu. There are currently at least two other active threads on this forum discussing solutions to performance problems. I'd suggest reviewing them, as well as the sticky posts, and then coming back here once you've tried all of the suggestions. Thanks, Lonni

01-10-07, 03:51 PM	#3
sluzi26 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4	Re: Poor Performance Geforce 7900GS Go Under Ubuntu. I managed to fix the problem of not being able to even boot using my nvidia drivers by uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling the kernel restricted modules. My glxinfo with GLXGears FPS output, lspci and cat /proc/cpuinfo is as follows: name of display: :0.0 display: :0 screen: 0 direct rendering: Yes server glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation server glx version string: 1.4 server glx extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float client glx vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation client glx version string: 1.4 client glx extensions: GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_NV_swap_group, GLX_NV_video_out, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB GLX version: 1.3 GLX extensions: GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_NV_float_buffer, GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float, GLX_ARB_get_proc_address OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL renderer string: GeForce Go 7900 GS/PCI/SSE2 OpenGL version string: 2.1.0 NVIDIA 97.46 OpenGL extensions: GL_ARB_color_buffer_float, GL_ARB_depth_texture, GL_ARB_draw_buffers, GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_imaging, GL_ARB_multisample, GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object, GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_shader_objects, GL_ARB_shading_language_100, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp, GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map, GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3, GL_ARB_texture_float, GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object, GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_draw_buffers, GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once, GL_S3_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_env_add, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array, GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit, GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil, GL_EXT_packed_pixels, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object, GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal, GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs, GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine, GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias, GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp, GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_EXT_timer_query, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_KTX_buffer_region, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color, GL_NV_depth_clamp, GL_NV_fence, GL_NV_float_buffer, GL_NV_fog_distance, GL_NV_fragment_program, GL_NV_fragment_program_option, GL_NV_fragment_program2, GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage, GL_NV_half_float, GL_NV_light_max_exponent, GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint, GL_NV_occlusion_query, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil, GL_NV_pixel_data_range, GL_NV_point_sprite, GL_NV_primitive_restart, GL_NV_register_combiners, GL_NV_register_combiners2, GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4, GL_NV_texture_expand_normal, GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_texture_shader, GL_NV_texture_shader2, GL_NV_texture_shader3, GL_NV_vertex_array_range, GL_NV_vertex_array_range2, GL_NV_vertex_program, GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_NV_vertex_program2, GL_NV_vertex_program2_option, GL_NV_vertex_program3, GL_NVX_conditional_render, GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_SGIX_depth_texture, GL_SGIX_shadow, GL_SUN_slice_accum glu version: 1.3 glu extensions: GLU_EXT_nurbs_tessellator, GLU_EXT_object_space_tess visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a bf th cl r g b a ns b eat ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0x21 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x22 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x23 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x24 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x25 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x26 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x27 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x28 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x29 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2a 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2b 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2c 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2d 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2e 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x2f 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x30 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x31 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x32 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x33 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x34 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x35 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x36 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x37 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x38 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x39 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x3a 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x3b 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x3c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x3d 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x3e 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x3f 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x40 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x41 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x42 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x43 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x44 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x45 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x46 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x47 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x48 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x49 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x4a 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x4b 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x4c 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x4d 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x4e 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x4f 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x50 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x51 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x52 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x53 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x54 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x55 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x56 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x57 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x58 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 0 0 16 16 16 16 0 0 None 0x59 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x5a 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x5b 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x5c 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x5d 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x5e 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x5f 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x60 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x61 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x62 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x63 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x64 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x65 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x66 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x67 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x68 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 24 8 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x69 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x6a 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x6b 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x6c 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x6d 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x6e 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 2 1 Ncon 0x6f 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon 0x70 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 4 16 0 16 16 16 16 4 1 Ncon nerfbat@nerfbat-laptop:~$ glxgears -printfps 59845 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11968.843 FPS 59196 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11839.020 FPS 59661 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11932.182 FPS 59426 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11885.053 FPS 59081 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11816.101 FPS 58836 frames in 5.0 seconds = 11767.083 FPS X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). nerfbat@nerfbat-laptop:~$ lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile Memory Controller Hub (rev 03) 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 03) 0000:00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) 0000:00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02) 0000:00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 02) 0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2) 0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controllers cc=IDE (rev 02) 0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02) 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0298 (rev a1) 0000:02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0000:03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)0000:0a:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 8039 0000:0a:04.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803a 0000:0a:04.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803b 0000:0a:04.3 0805: Texas Instruments: Unknown device 803c processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2007.014 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 1 core id : 255 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 4021.81 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2007.014 cache size : 4096 KB physical id : 1 siblings : 1 core id : 255 cpu cores : 1 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe lm pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 4013.54 I have tried booting with pci=noacpi and it had no effect whatsoever. I would like to reiterate that I run everything in Windows beautifully, so this is not a hardware related issue. For example, I take around a 70 FPS hit just by running WoW in Wine or Cedega.

01-11-07, 09:42 AM	#4
sluzi26 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4	Re: Poor Performance Geforce 7900GS Go Under Ubuntu. None of you have any clues? I've tried half a dozen different Distro's and the end result is always the same. There is something here not right.