I just tested nvidia's brand new linux driver with doom3... wow. I ran "timedemo demo1 p" on windows and linux... all tests are 1600x1200 high quality.
windows NoAA (66.81): 53.6 fps
linux NoAA (66.29): 60.3 fps
linux 2xAA (66.29): 48.5 fps
linux NoAA (61.11): 47.8 fps
The difference between 61.11 and 66.29 is night and day. With the old driver, doom3 would get choppy at certain points. I played for awhile on the new drivers and kept an eye on the fps... it was maxxed out at 63 for about 90% of the time, and I never saw it drop below 40. I'm actually getting a higher score now with 2x quincunx AA turned on than I used to get with NoAA.
Although I didn't actually run benchmarks, I can also feel a huge difference in ut2004. It used to get slightly choppy at 1600x1200 4x/8x but now it seems to stay between 40 and 120 fps (ons-crossfire with 28 bots).
btw, this is on a 6800gt and a 3500+@2.44ghz. I'm running Slackware-current and kernel 2.6.8.1 (32 bit). Windows is xp sp1 with a few games installed and nothing else.
*note: if you're running Xorg 6.8.0 or higher and you have Option "Composite" turned on, the GLX extension will not load. I had this problem at first, but the solution was at the bottom of the readme
Thanks nvidia!
windows NoAA (66.81): 53.6 fps
linux NoAA (66.29): 60.3 fps
linux 2xAA (66.29): 48.5 fps
linux NoAA (61.11): 47.8 fps
The difference between 61.11 and 66.29 is night and day. With the old driver, doom3 would get choppy at certain points. I played for awhile on the new drivers and kept an eye on the fps... it was maxxed out at 63 for about 90% of the time, and I never saw it drop below 40. I'm actually getting a higher score now with 2x quincunx AA turned on than I used to get with NoAA.
Although I didn't actually run benchmarks, I can also feel a huge difference in ut2004. It used to get slightly choppy at 1600x1200 4x/8x but now it seems to stay between 40 and 120 fps (ons-crossfire with 28 bots).
btw, this is on a 6800gt and a 3500+@2.44ghz. I'm running Slackware-current and kernel 2.6.8.1 (32 bit). Windows is xp sp1 with a few games installed and nothing else.
*note: if you're running Xorg 6.8.0 or higher and you have Option "Composite" turned on, the GLX extension will not load. I had this problem at first, but the solution was at the bottom of the readme
Thanks nvidia!
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